It Gets Better Is Selling Iguana Pins from Dan Levy's 'SNL' Skit

A little memento from the star's hosting debut.

Mikelle Street

Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

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There were quite a few laughs the night of Daniel Levy's hosting debut on Saturday Night Live -- though what was arguably the biggest opportunity for chuckles was cut for time. From a sexy skit about Zillow listings to a jazz number replete with a tap dance breakdown, the team really served up some moments. A high point, outside of the aforementioned Zillow ad? When the queer members of the cast and Levy revisited the It Gets Better campaign. Now, the organization is selling a keepsake from the clip.

the impetus of the It Gets Better Project was simple: to show people, specifically LGBTQ+ youth that life gets better after coming out and living your truth. That though things might be rough at the beginning, over time it truly improves. The campaign was a social media campaign and book and is now an organization that has gone on for a decade. The current executive director, Brian Wenke, told ET Canada that he "is honored to be a part of an organization that continues to maintain relevance 10 years after the viral social media campaign that gave it life."

While Levy's SNL skit spoofed the campaign -- essentially it gets better means that gay people now have straight people problems -- the organization appreciated the moment. They appreciated it so much, in fact, that they've released an enamel pin for pre-order. The pin is based on an iguana that Kate McKinnon finds her life centered around and tormented by in the skit.