Chicago-based punk rock band Rise Against have contributed to the It Gets Better campaign by producing a video for their latest release, "Make It Stop (September’s Children)" to address a string of reported suicides as a result of homophobic bullying in fall 2010. Known for over a decade for using music as a platform for social change, Rise Against chose to tackle homophobia because of their fans. From the Wall Street Journal:

Some of our fans approached us and wanted to tell us that they were gay, but they didn’t know where we stood on it,” the singer and guitarist [Tim McIlrath] said. "When they finally did, I couldn’t believe that [the] band hadn’t made it perfectly clear that we wouldn't ever condemn someone being gay. It broke my heart." So McIlrath wrote "Make It Stop," which appears on the band's latest release, "Endgame" (March 2011). On the surface, it’s an anti-bullying song for the masses, but it also has a strong focus on homophobia. "The rock scene doesn't really talk about this," McIlrath said. "We didn’t really see any of our peers talking about homophobia."