In Celebration of Travis Flores It Gets Better [Video]

We say as a part of our mission statement at It Gets Better that we work to uplift, empower and connect. Few people embodied those three words quite like Travis Flores.

Travis first came into the It Gets Better family on the heels of taping a special for the CW called “My Last Days.” Travis had bravely shared his story on the show — talking about living with cystic fibrosis for his entire life and about his need (at the time) for a third lung transplant. He also came out — by accident, he says. Travis and the producers had planned to tell a story on camera — one that did not involve him coming out. But he did it because “I just couldn’t help it.” And that’s the kind of person Travis was — an open book, one that makes you feel a bit better about the world as …