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From the over 100 new LGBT videos shared via Gay Rights Media in 2011, here in chronological order are the 12 I find most inspiring:

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Playlist on YouTube: Top 12 LGBT Videos of 2011

1. Zach Wahls Speaks About Family – Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Wahls has two mothers, and came to oppose House Joint Resolution 6 which would end civil unions in Iowa.
2. Lead With Love – “What do I do if my child is gay?” LEAD WITH LOVE is a 35-minute documentary created to help answer that question. The film follows four families as they share their honest reactions to hearing that their child is gay, including the intense emotions, fears, and questions that it raised. Interviews with psychologists, teachers, and clergy provide factual answers to parents’ most commonly asked questions, as well as concrete guidance to help parents keep their children healthy and safe during this challenging time. View the full film for free at LeadWithLove.com.
3. MTV’s Anti-Bullying PSA – “The things you see happening online have real consequences. Will you stand up or stand by?”
4. Google Chrome’s “It Gets Better” Ad – Beginning with one inspiring video, Dan Savage used the web to create the It Gets Better project–a movement that has generated thousands of uplifting videos that give hope to teens.
5. Believe Out Loud: A Million Christians for LGBT Equality – This video was posted as a message of LGBT-inclusion in the church. We believe that our diverse sexuality is a gift from God, not a sin.
6. Stand Up! Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying – Irish anti homophobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Weeks. The campaign promotes friendship amongst young people as a way to combat homophobic bullying.
7. Singapore’s Pink Dot: Support The Freedom To Love – Do you have friends and family members who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender? What does it mean to support their freedom to love? What does this support symbolise, and what can it translate to? Watch this video to find out.
8. Sean Chapin’s The Pink Triangle – The Pink Triangle is an annual commemoration of the gay victims of the Holocaust and a reminder of the on-going inhumanity to repressed minorities going on now around the world. The event transforms Twin Peaks, in San Francisco, into a memorial that can be seen from miles away. The goal of the Pink Triangle event is to remind people that even though the hatred that existed in Germany 70 years ago that led to the creation of the Pink Triangle no longer exists there, such hatred certainly persists in many parts of the world including Uganda, Malawi, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
9. Rory’s Story in Ireland – Imagine being ignored when your mum needed you the most. Help support marriage equality today.
10. The We Do Campaign – The WE DO Campaign launched in Asheville, NC, from October 3 to 14. Same-sex couples requested marriage licenses day after day to call for full equality under the law for LGBT people and to resist an unjust state law that bans marriage equality. The WE DO Campaign will grow to other Southern towns in 2012.
11. It’s Time – The UN has released its first report on the human rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people reminding us that they still face remarkable levels of discrimination, abuse, imprisonment and violence. One of its chief findings was that “if the law essentially reflects homophobic sentiment, then it legitimizes homophobia in society at large.” We’ve been doing out part to end one more form of legal discrimination in Australia and the message it sends to society at large and you can too by sharing our ‘It’s Time’ video to help spread a more positive message around the world.
12. Gay Rights Are Human Rights – An excerpt from U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s United Nations speech in Switzerland focusing on international LGBT human rights.

Watch all 119 LGBT videos from 2011 as featured on Gay Rights Media: LGBT 2011.