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'''Daniel Keenan "Dan" Savage''' (born October 7, 1964)<ref>{{cite book|last= Savage|first= Dan|title= The Kid|publisher= Plume|date=June 2000|isbn= 978-0-452-28176-9|page= 74|quote= One day in July 1979, when I was fourteen years old}}</ref><!--PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE HIS BIRTHDATE. If you really want to do so, then PLEASE discuss it on the "talk" page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dan_Savage) first!! --> is an American author, media [[Pundit (expert)|pundit]], journalist, and activist for the [[LGBT community]].<ref>{{cite web| last = Fefer | first = Mark D. | title = Buzz: Media | work = [[Seattle Weekly]] | publisher = [[Village Voice Media]] | date = May 26, 2004 | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2004-05-26/news/buzz.php | accessdate = 2008-05-30}}</ref><ref>"i {{sic}} was 16 ... We were anti-draft-registration {{sic|acti|vites}} in 1981." Savage Love, the Comic, p. 3. (Seattle, WA:Bear Bones Press, 1994), located at [http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/bear.htm Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection] and [http://www.indyworld.com/ic/catalog.html independent comics website]; see also "1994: Gay newspaper advice columnist Dan Savage produces two issues of the comic book SAVAGE LOVE (Bear Bones Press, 1994), found at [http://www.gayleague.com/gay/timeline/timeline4.php LGBT COMICS TIMELINE]. Retrieved September 24, 2008.</ref> He writes ''[[Savage Love]],'' an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the [[It Gets Better Project]] to help prevent [[suicide among LGBT youth]]. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as '''Keenan Hollahan.''' |
'''Daniel Keenan "Dan" Savage''' (born October 7, 1964)<ref>{{cite book|last= Savage|first= Dan|title= The Kid|publisher= Plume|date=June 2000|isbn= 978-0-452-28176-9|page= 74|quote= One day in July 1979, when I was fourteen years old}}</ref><!--PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE HIS BIRTHDATE. If you really want to do so, then PLEASE discuss it on the "talk" page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dan_Savage) first!! --> is an American author, media [[Pundit (expert)|pundit]], journalist, and activist for the [[LGBT community]].<ref>{{cite web| last = Fefer | first = Mark D. | title = Buzz: Media | work = [[Seattle Weekly]] | publisher = [[Village Voice Media]] | date = May 26, 2004 | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2004-05-26/news/buzz.php | accessdate = 2008-05-30}}</ref><ref>"i {{sic}} was 16 ... We were anti-draft-registration {{sic|acti|vites}} in 1981." Savage Love, the Comic, p. 3. (Seattle, WA:Bear Bones Press, 1994), located at [http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/bear.htm Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection] {{wayback|url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/bear.htm |date=20080708192859 }} and [http://www.indyworld.com/ic/catalog.html independent comics website] {{wayback|url=http://www.indyworld.com/ic/catalog.html |date=20081114235136 }}; see also "1994: Gay newspaper advice columnist Dan Savage produces two issues of the comic book SAVAGE LOVE (Bear Bones Press, 1994), found at [http://www.gayleague.com/gay/timeline/timeline4.php LGBT COMICS TIMELINE] {{wayback|url=http://www.gayleague.com/gay/timeline/timeline4.php |date=20080724085006 }}. Retrieved September 24, 2008.</ref> He writes ''[[Savage Love]],'' an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the [[It Gets Better Project]] to help prevent [[suicide among LGBT youth]]. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as '''Keenan Hollahan.''' |
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In his writing and public appearances, Savage has clashed with both [[social conservatism|social conservatives]] and the [[LGBT]] establishment. He has opposed [[Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality]]. He has made several controversial public statements in various media, often lambasting people with whom he disagrees. |
In his writing and public appearances, Savage has clashed with both [[social conservatism|social conservatives]] and the [[LGBT]] establishment. He has opposed [[Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality]]. He has made several controversial public statements in various media, often lambasting people with whom he disagrees. |
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Dan Savage was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]],<ref name="GLBTQ Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/literature/savage_d_L.pdf|title=GLBTQ Literature: Dan Savage| publisher=GLBTQ.com}}</ref> the son of Judith "Judy" (née Schneider), who worked at [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]], and William Savage, Sr.<ref>{{cite news|author=|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-04-06/news/0804050661_1_laura-savage-dan-savage-cousin |title=Death Notice: JUDITH SOBIESK - Chicago Tribune |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> He has German and Irish ancestry.<ref name=SavageLove1-16>{{Cite book|last = Savage|first = Dan|title = Savage Love: Straight Answers From America's Most Popular Sex Columnist|publisher = [[Plume (publishing)|Plume]] Publishing Group|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-452-27815-8|pages = 1–16|year = 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=jjrS4RtW_LAC&pg=PT169&dq=%22Luckily+for+my+family,+we%27re+a+quarter+German.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GJBFUp7BNsfIqQGp3YEw&redir_esc=y |title=Skipping Towards Gomorrah - Dan Savage - Google Books |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> The third of four children,<ref name="GLBTQ Bio" /> Savage was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended [[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary|Quigley Preparatory Seminary North]], which he has described as "a Catholic high school in Chicago for boys thinking of becoming priests."<ref name="Oasis">{{cite web|author=Walsh, Jeff|url=http://www.oasisjournals.com/Issues/9910/cover.html|title=Savage Dan|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Oasis magazine}}</ref> Though Savage has stated that he is now "a wishy-washy [[agnostic]]" and an [[atheist]],<ref>"If Osama bin Laden were in charge, he would slit my throat; my God, I'm an atheist, a hedonist, and a faggot." ''Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America'' Dan Savage, Plume, 2002, p. 258.</ref> he has said that he still identifies as "culturally Catholic."<ref name="Oasis" /><ref name="After Elton">{{cite web|author=Anderson-Minshall, Diane|url=http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/print/2005/9/dansavage.html|title=Interview with Dan Savage|date=September 13, 2005|publisher=AfterElton.com}}</ref> |
Dan Savage was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]],<ref name="GLBTQ Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/literature/savage_d_L.pdf|title=GLBTQ Literature: Dan Savage| publisher=GLBTQ.com}}</ref> the son of Judith "Judy" (née Schneider), who worked at [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]], and William Savage, Sr.<ref>{{cite news|author=|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-04-06/news/0804050661_1_laura-savage-dan-savage-cousin |title=Death Notice: JUDITH SOBIESK - Chicago Tribune |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> He has German and Irish ancestry.<ref name=SavageLove1-16>{{Cite book|last = Savage|first = Dan|title = Savage Love: Straight Answers From America's Most Popular Sex Columnist|publisher = [[Plume (publishing)|Plume]] Publishing Group|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-452-27815-8|pages = 1–16|year = 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=jjrS4RtW_LAC&pg=PT169&dq=%22Luckily+for+my+family,+we%27re+a+quarter+German.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GJBFUp7BNsfIqQGp3YEw&redir_esc=y |title=Skipping Towards Gomorrah - Dan Savage - Google Books |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> The third of four children,<ref name="GLBTQ Bio" /> Savage was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended [[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary|Quigley Preparatory Seminary North]], which he has described as "a Catholic high school in Chicago for boys thinking of becoming priests."<ref name="Oasis">{{cite web|author=Walsh, Jeff|url=http://www.oasisjournals.com/Issues/9910/cover.html|title=Savage Dan|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Oasis magazine}}</ref> Though Savage has stated that he is now "a wishy-washy [[agnostic]]" and an [[atheist]],<ref>"If Osama bin Laden were in charge, he would slit my throat; my God, I'm an atheist, a hedonist, and a faggot." ''Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America'' Dan Savage, Plume, 2002, p. 258.</ref> he has said that he still identifies as "culturally Catholic."<ref name="Oasis" /><ref name="After Elton">{{cite web|author=Anderson-Minshall, Diane|url=http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/print/2005/9/dansavage.html|title=Interview with Dan Savage|date=September 13, 2005|publisher=AfterElton.com}}</ref> |
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Savage attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/dont_call_me_al|title=Don't Call Me, Alma Mater|last=Savage|first=Dan|date=March 15, 2006|website=Slog|publisher=|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-and-arts/2012/04/03/dan-savage-offers-sex-advice-on-mtv-u|title=Dan Savage offers sex advice on MTV U - The Daily Texan|last=Mehta|first=Anjli|date=April 3, 2012|website=The Daily Texan|publisher=|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> where he received a BFA in Acting.<ref>[https://theatre.illinois.edu/?p=5175 Illinois Theatre Alumni – Dan Savage]</ref><ref name="GLBTQ Bio" /> He lived abroad in [[West Berlin]] from late 1988 to 1990.<ref name="Exberliner">{{cite web|last1=Riceburg|first1=John|title=Savage behind the Wall|url=http://www.exberliner.com/features/people/dan-savage-interview/|website=Exberliner|accessdate=11 February 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215215312/http://www.exberliner.com/features/people/dan-savage-interview/|archivedate=February 15, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> |
Savage attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/dont_call_me_al |title=Don't Call Me, Alma Mater |last=Savage |first=Dan |date=March 15, 2006 |website=Slog |publisher= |access-date=July 21, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220052/http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/dont_call_me_al |archivedate=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-and-arts/2012/04/03/dan-savage-offers-sex-advice-on-mtv-u|title=Dan Savage offers sex advice on MTV U - The Daily Texan|last=Mehta|first=Anjli|date=April 3, 2012|website=The Daily Texan|publisher=|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> where he received a BFA in Acting.<ref>[https://theatre.illinois.edu/?p=5175 Illinois Theatre Alumni – Dan Savage]</ref><ref name="GLBTQ Bio" /> He lived abroad in [[West Berlin]] from late 1988 to 1990.<ref name="Exberliner">{{cite web|last1=Riceburg|first1=John|title=Savage behind the Wall|url=http://www.exberliner.com/features/people/dan-savage-interview/|website=Exberliner|accessdate=11 February 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215215312/http://www.exberliner.com/features/people/dan-savage-interview/|archivedate=February 15, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Theater=== |
===Theater=== |
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As a theater director, Savage (under the name Keenan Hollohan, combining his middle name and his paternal grandmother's maiden name<ref>[http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/dansavage2.htm Kittenpants interview with Dan Savage], ''Kittenpants'', [http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/pageone.htm 04.10.01 Issue 9].</ref>) was a founder of Seattle's Greek Active Theater.<ref name="After Elton" /> Much of the group's work were [[queer]] interpretations of classic works, such as a tragicomic ''[[Macbeth]]'' with both the [[Macbeth (character)|title character]] and [[Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare)|Lady Macbeth]] played by performers of the opposite sex. In March 2001, he directed his own ''Egguus'' at [[Consolidated Works]], a parody of [[Peter Shaffer]]'s 1973 play ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]'' which exchanged a fixation on horses for a fixation on chickens. |
As a theater director, Savage (under the name Keenan Hollohan, combining his middle name and his paternal grandmother's maiden name<ref>[http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/dansavage2.htm Kittenpants interview with Dan Savage] {{wayback|url=http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/dansavage2.htm |date=20051024115713 }}, ''Kittenpants'', [http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/pageone.htm 04.10.01 Issue 9] {{wayback|url=http://www.kittenpants.org/09_winners/pageone.htm |date=20051024061121 }}.</ref>) was a founder of Seattle's Greek Active Theater.<ref name="After Elton" /> Much of the group's work were [[queer]] interpretations of classic works, such as a tragicomic ''[[Macbeth]]'' with both the [[Macbeth (character)|title character]] and [[Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare)|Lady Macbeth]] played by performers of the opposite sex. In March 2001, he directed his own ''Egguus'' at [[Consolidated Works]], a parody of [[Peter Shaffer]]'s 1973 play ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]'' which exchanged a fixation on horses for a fixation on chickens. |
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''[[Letters from the Earth]]'' (2003), also at Consolidated Works, was Savage's last production.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kiley|first=Brendan|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/on-stage/Content?oid=13727 |title=On Stage Killer Dickens, Trite Twain, Nifty Neel, Limp Lonergan |date= Mar 20–26, 2003 issue |work=The Stranger|accessdate=September 4, 2012}}</ref> ''Letters'' was a trimmed version of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''The Diary of Adam and Eve.'' It received scathing reviews, including one from ''The Stranger'' - "My Boss's Show Stinks."<ref>[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13727 On Stage – Seattle Theater – The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper]. ''The Stranger''. Retrieved 2011-06-04.</ref> |
''[[Letters from the Earth]]'' (2003), also at Consolidated Works, was Savage's last production.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kiley|first=Brendan|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/on-stage/Content?oid=13727 |title=On Stage Killer Dickens, Trite Twain, Nifty Neel, Limp Lonergan |date= Mar 20–26, 2003 issue |work=The Stranger|accessdate=September 4, 2012}}</ref> ''Letters'' was a trimmed version of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''The Diary of Adam and Eve.'' It received scathing reviews, including one from ''The Stranger'' - "My Boss's Show Stinks."<ref>[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13727 On Stage – Seattle Theater – The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper]. ''The Stranger''. Retrieved 2011-06-04.</ref> |
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[[Image:DanSavagecrop.jpg|thumb|right|Dan Savage at the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards, 2006]] |
[[Image:DanSavagecrop.jpg|thumb|right|Dan Savage at the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards, 2006]] |
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Savage tends to [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political views, with pronounced contrarian and [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] streaks.<ref name="SFGate">{{cite web|author=Buchanan, Wyatt|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/21/DDGKTF7E2L39.DTL|title=Marriage Can Be Right For Us All, says Dan Savage. But Let's Not Get Carried Away With Monogamy|date=October 21, 2005|work=The [[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> |
Savage tends to [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political views, with pronounced contrarian and [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] streaks.<ref name="SFGate">{{cite web|author=Buchanan, Wyatt|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/21/DDGKTF7E2L39.DTL|title=Marriage Can Be Right For Us All, says Dan Savage. But Let's Not Get Carried Away With Monogamy|date=October 21, 2005|work=The [[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> |
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For example, he wrote that in 2000, suffering from the flu while on an assignment for [[salon.com]] to cover the [[Iowa caucuses]],<ref>[http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/01/29/savage_reaction/index.html "The firestorm over 'Stalking Gary Bauer{{'"}}]. ''Salon''. January 29, 2000. Retrieved 2011-06-04.</ref> he was so angered by televised remarks in opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] by conservative [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential hopeful [[Gary Bauer]] that he abandoned his original plan "to follow one of the loopy conservative Christian candidates around—Bauer or Alan Keyes—and write something insightful and humanizing about him, his campaign, and his supporters".<ref name=stalking>{{cite web| last = Savage | first = Dan |
For example, he wrote that in 2000, suffering from the flu while on an assignment for [[salon.com]] to cover the [[Iowa caucuses]],<ref>[http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/01/29/savage_reaction/index.html "The firestorm over 'Stalking Gary Bauer{{'"}}] {{wayback|url=http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/01/29/savage_reaction/index.html |date=20060308163753 }}. ''Salon''. January 29, 2000. Retrieved 2011-06-04.</ref> he was so angered by televised remarks in opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] by conservative [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential hopeful [[Gary Bauer]] that he abandoned his original plan "to follow one of the loopy conservative Christian candidates around—Bauer or Alan Keyes—and write something insightful and humanizing about him, his campaign, and his supporters".<ref name=stalking>{{cite web| last = Savage | first = Dan |
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| title = Stalking Gary Bauer |
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| work = Salon.com | date = January 25, 2000 |
| work = Salon.com | date = January 25, 2000 |
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Savage frequently mentions political issues in his column, particularly issues that affect family planning, birth control, and sexuality. He often encourages readers to get involved and/or voice a positive or negative opinion about a politician or public official. |
Savage frequently mentions political issues in his column, particularly issues that affect family planning, birth control, and sexuality. He often encourages readers to get involved and/or voice a positive or negative opinion about a politician or public official. |
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After [[Rick Santorum]], then a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]], made comments in 2003 to a reporter comparing homosexual sex to [[bestiality]] and [[incest]], Savage assailed Santorum in his column. Later, he sponsored a contest that led to the term ''[[Campaign for "santorum" neologism|santorum]]'' being used to refer to "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes a byproduct of anal sex".<ref>uma, [http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/97071_comment.php Anal Sex Byproduct Named for Senator Santorum], Indymedia.org, December 11, 2003.</ref> Savage set up a website to publicize this application of the term.<ref name="valuewar">{{cite book|first=Paul Ryan |last=Brewer|pages=82–86|year=2007|title=Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7425-6211-0}}</ref> In 2010, Savage offered to take down his website if Rick Santorum would agree to donate US$5 million to a [[gay rights]] group.<ref name="unproblema">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2010/09/08/rick-santorum-ha-un-problema-con-google/|publisher=www.ilpost.it|date=September 8, 2010|language=Italian|title=Rick Santorum ha un problema con Google|work=Il Post|accessdate=May 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name="santorumacnkowledgesanalsexproblem" /> The organization, [[Freedom to Marry]], advocates on behalf of [[same-sex marriage]] in the United States.<ref name="santorumacnkowledgesanalsexproblem">{{cite news|work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/santorum-acknowledges-anal-sex-problem|accessdate=May 14, 2011|date=February 17, 2011|first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer|publisher=motherjones.com|title=Santorum Acknowledges Anal Sex Problem}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2010/09/rick-santorum-vs-google/18960/|accessdate=May 14, 2011|work=[[The Atlantic Wire]]|title=Rick Santorum vs. Google|first=Max|last=Fisher|date=September 7, 2010}}</ref> Savage told ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' in 2010, "If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to [the gay marriage group] Freedom to Marry, I will take it down. Interest starts accruing now."<ref name="mencimer">{{Cite news| last = Mencimer| first = Stephanie | title = Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem| newspaper = [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| date = September 2010| url = http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/rick-santorum-google-problem-dan-savage | accessdate = September 12, 2010}}</ref> Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, responded in a statement to ''[[Metro Weekly]]'', "Support for Freedom to Marry's national campaign would be welcome—and a good way for Rick Santorum to start cleaning up the discriminatory mess he and his companions have made."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/09/wolfson-wants-santorum-to.html|publisher=www.metroweekly.com|work=[[Metro Weekly]]|title=Wolfson Wants Santorum "To Start Cleaning Up" His "Mess"|first=Chris|last=Geidner|date=September 7, 2010|accessdate=May 14, 2011}}</ref> |
After [[Rick Santorum]], then a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]], made comments in 2003 to a reporter comparing homosexual sex to [[bestiality]] and [[incest]], Savage assailed Santorum in his column. Later, he sponsored a contest that led to the term ''[[Campaign for "santorum" neologism|santorum]]'' being used to refer to "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes a byproduct of anal sex".<ref>uma, [http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/97071_comment.php Anal Sex Byproduct Named for Senator Santorum] {{wayback|url=http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/97071_comment.php |date=20061102182528 }}, Indymedia.org, December 11, 2003.</ref> Savage set up a website to publicize this application of the term.<ref name="valuewar">{{cite book|first=Paul Ryan |last=Brewer|pages=82–86|year=2007|title=Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7425-6211-0}}</ref> In 2010, Savage offered to take down his website if Rick Santorum would agree to donate US$5 million to a [[gay rights]] group.<ref name="unproblema">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2010/09/08/rick-santorum-ha-un-problema-con-google/|publisher=www.ilpost.it|date=September 8, 2010|language=Italian|title=Rick Santorum ha un problema con Google|work=Il Post|accessdate=May 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name="santorumacnkowledgesanalsexproblem" /> The organization, [[Freedom to Marry]], advocates on behalf of [[same-sex marriage]] in the United States.<ref name="santorumacnkowledgesanalsexproblem">{{cite news|work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/santorum-acknowledges-anal-sex-problem|accessdate=May 14, 2011|date=February 17, 2011|first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer|publisher=motherjones.com|title=Santorum Acknowledges Anal Sex Problem}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2010/09/rick-santorum-vs-google/18960/|accessdate=May 14, 2011|work=[[The Atlantic Wire]]|title=Rick Santorum vs. Google|first=Max|last=Fisher|date=September 7, 2010}}</ref> Savage told ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' in 2010, "If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to [the gay marriage group] Freedom to Marry, I will take it down. Interest starts accruing now."<ref name="mencimer">{{Cite news| last = Mencimer| first = Stephanie | title = Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem| newspaper = [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| date = September 2010| url = http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/rick-santorum-google-problem-dan-savage | accessdate = September 12, 2010}}</ref> Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, responded in a statement to ''[[Metro Weekly]]'', "Support for Freedom to Marry's national campaign would be welcome—and a good way for Rick Santorum to start cleaning up the discriminatory mess he and his companions have made."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/09/wolfson-wants-santorum-to.html|publisher=www.metroweekly.com|work=[[Metro Weekly]]|title=Wolfson Wants Santorum "To Start Cleaning Up" His "Mess"|first=Chris|last=Geidner|date=September 7, 2010|accessdate=May 14, 2011}}</ref> |
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In 2009 Savage invited his readers to vote to define ''[[saddlebacking]]'' as "the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex to preserve their virginities."<ref>[http://www.saddlebacking.com "Saddlebacking"]. ''saddlebacking.com''. Retrieved on October 6, 2015.</ref> He was protesting the vocal support given to [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|California Proposition 8]] by [[Rick Warren]] (pastor of Saddleback Church), and [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama's]] invitation to Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. When Savage vowed to boycott [[Utah]] due to strong [[Mormon]] support for Proposition 8 ("Fuck you, Utah—we’re going to big, blue Colorado"), the ''[[Salt Lake City Weekly]]'' dropped Savage's column: "all Utahns aren’t to blame."<ref>Edroso, Roy (2008) "[http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2008/11/salt_lake_weekl.php Salt Lake Weekly Fires Dan Savage for Utah Boycott; Voice Protests]." ''Village Voice'', Retrieved 2010-01-17.</ref> |
In 2009 Savage invited his readers to vote to define ''[[saddlebacking]]'' as "the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex to preserve their virginities."<ref>[http://www.saddlebacking.com "Saddlebacking"]. ''saddlebacking.com''. Retrieved on October 6, 2015.</ref> He was protesting the vocal support given to [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|California Proposition 8]] by [[Rick Warren]] (pastor of Saddleback Church), and [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama's]] invitation to Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. When Savage vowed to boycott [[Utah]] due to strong [[Mormon]] support for Proposition 8 ("Fuck you, Utah—we’re going to big, blue Colorado"), the ''[[Salt Lake City Weekly]]'' dropped Savage's column: "all Utahns aren’t to blame."<ref>Edroso, Roy (2008) "[http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2008/11/salt_lake_weekl.php Salt Lake Weekly Fires Dan Savage for Utah Boycott; Voice Protests]." ''Village Voice'', Retrieved 2010-01-17.</ref> |
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Savage strongly supported the [[war in Iraq]] in October 2002.<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12237 Say "YES" to War on Iraq], ''The Stranger'', October 17–23, 2002. Retrieved November 6, 2006.</ref> By the time of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|US invasion in March 2003]], however, he opposed the war.<ref name="Against the War--For Now">Dan Savage, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13624 "Against the War—For Now"] March 13–19, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2006.</ref> |
Savage strongly supported the [[war in Iraq]] in October 2002.<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12237 Say "YES" to War on Iraq], ''The Stranger'', October 17–23, 2002. Retrieved November 6, 2006.</ref> By the time of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|US invasion in March 2003]], however, he opposed the war.<ref name="Against the War--For Now">Dan Savage, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13624 "Against the War—For Now"] March 13–19, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2006.</ref> |
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Savage has also opposed state legislation proscribing the sale of [[sex toys]]. After an exposé by Kandiss Crone from [[WLBT]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi]]) precipitated the arrest and fining of an adult video store owner, Savage suggested that readers send any sex toys that they needed to dispose of to Crone.<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.ocweekly.com/columns/savage-love/savage-love-what-is-good-sex-toy-etiquette/28468/ "What is good sex-toy etiquette?"], February 14, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2008.</ref><ref>Kandiss Crone, [http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?s=7803180 "Adult Store Caught Selling Illegal Sex Toys"], January 30, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2008.</ref> |
Savage has also opposed state legislation proscribing the sale of [[sex toys]]. After an exposé by Kandiss Crone from [[WLBT]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi]]) precipitated the arrest and fining of an adult video store owner, Savage suggested that readers send any sex toys that they needed to dispose of to Crone.<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.ocweekly.com/columns/savage-love/savage-love-what-is-good-sex-toy-etiquette/28468/ "What is good sex-toy etiquette?"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, February 14, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2008.</ref><ref>Kandiss Crone, [http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?s=7803180 "Adult Store Caught Selling Illegal Sex Toys"], January 30, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2008.</ref> |
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Savage initially supported the [[Iraq war]] and advocated military action against other Middle Eastern states, including [[Iran]] and [[Saudi Arabia]], saying, "Islamo-fascism is a regional problem, like European fascism—and the Middle East [has] to be remade just as Europe was remade." One week before the war began, Savage spoke against it, citing the inability of President [[George W. Bush]] to form a convincing case and sway the UN and [[NATO]] allies.<ref name="Against the War--For Now"/> By 2005 he deemed the situation "hopeless" and advocated an immediate troop withdrawal.<ref>Savage, Dan (August 18, 2005). [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=22626 "It's over, over there"]. ''The Stranger''.</ref> |
Savage initially supported the [[Iraq war]] and advocated military action against other Middle Eastern states, including [[Iran]] and [[Saudi Arabia]], saying, "Islamo-fascism is a regional problem, like European fascism—and the Middle East [has] to be remade just as Europe was remade." One week before the war began, Savage spoke against it, citing the inability of President [[George W. Bush]] to form a convincing case and sway the UN and [[NATO]] allies.<ref name="Against the War--For Now"/> By 2005 he deemed the situation "hopeless" and advocated an immediate troop withdrawal.<ref>Savage, Dan (August 18, 2005). [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=22626 "It's over, over there"]. ''The Stranger''.</ref> |
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Savage describes his view toward family as "conservative." His husband, Terry Miller, is a "stay-at-home dad" for the couple's [[LGBT adoption in the United States|adopted]] son. He has, however, expressed skepticism of "simplistic" views of [[monogamy]].<ref>Savage, Dan (September 23, 1999). [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=2070 Savage Love: I, Monogamous]. ''The Stranger''.</ref> In response to a letter asking "Is the AIDS crisis over?" Savage, in his October 22, 1997 column, answered simply, "Yes." Several weeks of columns were devoted in whole or in part to discussion of the issue.<ref>Savage, Dan (1998). ''Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist''. pp. 291–98.</ref><ref>Savage, Dan (November 19, 1997). "Savage Love" (column), ''[[SF Weekly]]''.</ref> Savage also opposes the tactics of the [[War on Drugs]], and opposes the prohibition of certain controlled substances.<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/advice/view/SavageLove/2009-05-28 New York Advice Column]. ''Village Voice''. Retrieved June 4, 2011.</ref> |
Savage describes his view toward family as "conservative." His husband, Terry Miller, is a "stay-at-home dad" for the couple's [[LGBT adoption in the United States|adopted]] son. He has, however, expressed skepticism of "simplistic" views of [[monogamy]].<ref>Savage, Dan (September 23, 1999). [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=2070 Savage Love: I, Monogamous]. ''The Stranger''.</ref> In response to a letter asking "Is the AIDS crisis over?" Savage, in his October 22, 1997 column, answered simply, "Yes." Several weeks of columns were devoted in whole or in part to discussion of the issue.<ref>Savage, Dan (1998). ''Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist''. pp. 291–98.</ref><ref>Savage, Dan (November 19, 1997). "Savage Love" (column), ''[[SF Weekly]]''.</ref> Savage also opposes the tactics of the [[War on Drugs]], and opposes the prohibition of certain controlled substances.<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/advice/view/SavageLove/2009-05-28 New York Advice Column] {{wayback|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/advice/view/SavageLove/2009-05-28 |date=20090907143315 }}. ''Village Voice''. Retrieved June 4, 2011.</ref> |
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Savage stated in a column that he favors [[outing]] in some cases, specifically mentioning anti-gay activist Tyler Whitney. However, in the same column he noted that "I recently talked someone ''out'' of outing a public figure. A ''Savage Love'' reader was contemplating outing an innocuous celebrity back in April. I advised him against it because, as I wrote to him privately, outing is brutal and it should be reserved for brutes."<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/62996 Savage Love] (column), ''The A.V. Club'', June 20, 2007.</ref> |
Savage stated in a column that he favors [[outing]] in some cases, specifically mentioning anti-gay activist Tyler Whitney. However, in the same column he noted that "I recently talked someone ''out'' of outing a public figure. A ''Savage Love'' reader was contemplating outing an innocuous celebrity back in April. I advised him against it because, as I wrote to him privately, outing is brutal and it should be reserved for brutes."<ref>Dan Savage, [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/62996 Savage Love] {{wayback|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/62996 |date=20070626042106 }} (column), ''The A.V. Club'', June 20, 2007.</ref> |
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** [http://podcasts.thestranger.com/savagelove/ Savage's podcasts] |
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Born | Daniel Keenan Savage October 7, 1964 |
Other names | Keenan Hollahan |
Education | Quigley Preparatory Seminary North |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BFA) |
Occupation(s) | Author, media pundit, journalist, newspaper editor and sex advice columnist |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse |
Terry Miller (m. 2005) |
Children | D.J. |
Daniel Keenan "Dan" Savage (born October 7, 1964)[1] is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and activist for the LGBT community.[2][3] He writes Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBT youth. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as Keenan Hollahan.
In his writing and public appearances, Savage has clashed with both social conservatives and the LGBT establishment. He has opposed Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality. He has made several controversial public statements in various media, often lambasting people with whom he disagrees.
Early life
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Dan Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois,[4] the son of Judith "Judy" (née Schneider), who worked at Loyola University, and William Savage, Sr.[5] He has German and Irish ancestry.[6][7] The third of four children,[4] Savage was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary North, which he has described as "a Catholic high school in Chicago for boys thinking of becoming priests."[8] Though Savage has stated that he is now "a wishy-washy agnostic" and an atheist,[9] he has said that he still identifies as "culturally Catholic."[8][10]
Savage attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,[11][12] where he received a BFA in Acting.[13][4] He lived abroad in West Berlin from late 1988 to 1990.[14]
Career
Savage Love
In 1991, Savage was living in Madison, Wisconsin, and working as a manager at a local video store that specialized in independent film titles.[4] He befriended Tim Keck, co-founder of The Onion, who announced that he was moving to Seattle to help start an alternative weekly newspaper titled The Stranger.[4] Savage "made the offhand comment that forever altered [his] life: 'Make sure your paper has an advice column—everybody claims to hate 'em, but everybody seems to read 'em'."[15] Savage wrote a sample column, and to his surprise, Keck offered him the job.[16][17]
Savage stated in a February 2006 interview in The Onion's A.V. Club (which publishes his column) that he began the column with the express purpose of providing mocking advice to heterosexuals, since most straight advice columnists were "clueless" when responding to letters from gay people.[16] Savage wanted to call the column "Hey, Faggot!" in an effort to reclaim a hate word. His editors at the time refused his choice of column name, but for the first several years of the column, he attached "Hey, Faggot!" at the beginning of each printed letter as a salutation."[18] In his February 25, 1999, column, Savage announced that he was retiring the phrase, claiming that the reclamation was successful.[18]
He has written in a number of columns about "straight rights" concerns, such as the HPV vaccine and the morning-after pill. In his November 9, 2005, column he wrote that "[t]he right-wingers and the fundies and the sex-phobes don't just have it in for the queers. They're coming for your asses too."
Theater
As a theater director, Savage (under the name Keenan Hollohan, combining his middle name and his paternal grandmother's maiden name[19]) was a founder of Seattle's Greek Active Theater.[10] Much of the group's work were queer interpretations of classic works, such as a tragicomic Macbeth with both the title character and Lady Macbeth played by performers of the opposite sex. In March 2001, he directed his own Egguus at Consolidated Works, a parody of Peter Shaffer's 1973 play Equus which exchanged a fixation on horses for a fixation on chickens.
Letters from the Earth (2003), also at Consolidated Works, was Savage's last production.[20] Letters was a trimmed version of Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve. It received scathing reviews, including one from The Stranger - "My Boss's Show Stinks."[21]
Media appearances
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In addition to writing a weekly column and four books, Savage has been involved in several other projects.
From 1994 until 1997, he had a weekly three-hour call-in show called Savage Love Live on Seattle's KCMU (now KEXP). From 1998 to 2000, he ran the biweekly advice column Dear Dan on the news website abcnews.com.
He is now the editorial director of the weekly Seattle newspaper The Stranger, a promotion from his former position as The Stranger's editor-in-chief.[22] Savage stars in Savage U on MTV, contributes frequently to This American Life and Out magazine, and acts as a "Real Time Real Reporter" on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. He has also made multiple appearances on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, to discuss LGBT political issues, such as same-sex marriage and Don't Ask Don't Tell.
In 2014, he participated in Do I Sound Gay?, a documentary film by David Thorpe about stereotypes of gay men's speech patterns.[23]
Podcast
The Savage Lovecast is a weekly audio podcast based on the column Savage Love, available via iTunes and at the Stranger's website for free download. It features Savage answering anonymous questions left by callers on a voice recorder (answering machine). He often returns calls to questioners who give their phone numbers, and such phone calls are part of the podcast. He also consults with doctors, sex therapists, and other experts for answers to questions he calls "above my pay grade". There are frequent guest co-hosts, all of them sex-positive. It is routinely rated as the top podcast in the iTunes "Health" category and in the top 20 of all podcasts overall.[24] A.V. Club has ranked it in the top 10 among all podcasts.[25]
Personal life
Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, have one adopted son, D.J.[26] They were married in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2005.[27][28] Following the 2012 legalization of gay marriage in Washington, he and Miller were part of the first group of 11 couples to receive Washington marriage licenses.[29] Savage and Miller were married on December 9, 2012 at Seattle City Hall, opened on Sunday especially for the purpose of hosting the first same sex weddings in Washington, with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and others in attendance.[30][31]
Causes
It Gets Better Project
On September 21, 2010, Savage founded the It Gets Better Project following the suicide of 15-year-old Billy Lucas, who was bullied for his perceived sexual orientation. The project encourages adults, both LGBT and otherwise, to submit videos assuring gay teenagers that life can improve after bullying in early life.[32] As of November 2013, the project had more than 50,000 user-created testimonials and had been viewed over 50 million times.[33]
Hump pornography festival
Savage has always been pro-pornography, especially Internet pornography. He often remarks that the Internet was invented for pornography.
Savage coordinates the annual Hump pornography festival, which is made up of clips of up to five minutes on any pornographic topic, submitted by viewers. Winning submissions are shown in Seattle and Portland theaters, providing a unique experience as straight, gay male, bi, lesbian, and fetish porn are all shown together, one after another. Savage publicly destroys the submissions after conclusion of the festival.[34]
Political advocacy
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Savage tends to liberal political views, with pronounced contrarian and libertarian streaks.[35] For example, he wrote that in 2000, suffering from the flu while on an assignment for salon.com to cover the Iowa caucuses,[36] he was so angered by televised remarks in opposition to same-sex marriage by conservative Republican presidential hopeful Gary Bauer that he abandoned his original plan "to follow one of the loopy conservative Christian candidates around—Bauer or Alan Keyes—and write something insightful and humanizing about him, his campaign, and his supporters".[37] Instead, he volunteered for the Bauer campaign with the intent to infect the candidate with his flu. He wrote that he licked doorknobs and other objects in the campaign office, and handed Bauer a saliva-coated pen, hoping to pass the virus on to Bauer and his supporters. (Later he said much of his article had been fictitious). He also registered and participated in the caucus, which was illegal, as Savage was not an Iowa resident. He was charged and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent voting in a caucus, and was sentenced to a year's probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $750 fine.[38][39][40]
Savage frequently mentions political issues in his column, particularly issues that affect family planning, birth control, and sexuality. He often encourages readers to get involved and/or voice a positive or negative opinion about a politician or public official.
After Rick Santorum, then a United States senator from Pennsylvania, made comments in 2003 to a reporter comparing homosexual sex to bestiality and incest, Savage assailed Santorum in his column. Later, he sponsored a contest that led to the term santorum being used to refer to "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes a byproduct of anal sex".[41] Savage set up a website to publicize this application of the term.[42] In 2010, Savage offered to take down his website if Rick Santorum would agree to donate US$5 million to a gay rights group.[43][44] The organization, Freedom to Marry, advocates on behalf of same-sex marriage in the United States.[44][45] Savage told Mother Jones in 2010, "If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to [the gay marriage group] Freedom to Marry, I will take it down. Interest starts accruing now."[46] Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, responded in a statement to Metro Weekly, "Support for Freedom to Marry's national campaign would be welcome—and a good way for Rick Santorum to start cleaning up the discriminatory mess he and his companions have made."[47]
In 2009 Savage invited his readers to vote to define saddlebacking as "the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex to preserve their virginities."[48] He was protesting the vocal support given to California Proposition 8 by Rick Warren (pastor of Saddleback Church), and President Barack Obama's invitation to Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. When Savage vowed to boycott Utah due to strong Mormon support for Proposition 8 ("Fuck you, Utah—we’re going to big, blue Colorado"), the Salt Lake City Weekly dropped Savage's column: "all Utahns aren’t to blame."[49]
Savage strongly supported the war in Iraq in October 2002.[50] By the time of the US invasion in March 2003, however, he opposed the war.[51]
Savage has also opposed state legislation proscribing the sale of sex toys. After an exposé by Kandiss Crone from WLBT (Jackson, Mississippi) precipitated the arrest and fining of an adult video store owner, Savage suggested that readers send any sex toys that they needed to dispose of to Crone.[52][53]
Local issues
Savage's editorship of The Stranger has established him as a voice in local Seattle politics. His most high-profile commentary has been as an outspoken critic of the Teen Dance Ordinance and other crackdowns on all-ages events.
Savage argues that closing down supervised all-ages dance venues drives teens to boredom and reckless activities: "Places like Ground Zero and the Kirkland Teen Center are invaluable from a law enforcement point of view. They keep kids out of, say, 7-Eleven parking lots or the homes of friends whose parents are away."[54]
Other opinions
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Savage initially supported the Iraq war and advocated military action against other Middle Eastern states, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, saying, "Islamo-fascism is a regional problem, like European fascism—and the Middle East [has] to be remade just as Europe was remade." One week before the war began, Savage spoke against it, citing the inability of President George W. Bush to form a convincing case and sway the UN and NATO allies.[51] By 2005 he deemed the situation "hopeless" and advocated an immediate troop withdrawal.[55]
Savage describes his view toward family as "conservative." His husband, Terry Miller, is a "stay-at-home dad" for the couple's adopted son. He has, however, expressed skepticism of "simplistic" views of monogamy.[56] In response to a letter asking "Is the AIDS crisis over?" Savage, in his October 22, 1997 column, answered simply, "Yes." Several weeks of columns were devoted in whole or in part to discussion of the issue.[57][58] Savage also opposes the tactics of the War on Drugs, and opposes the prohibition of certain controlled substances.[59]
Savage stated in a column that he favors outing in some cases, specifically mentioning anti-gay activist Tyler Whitney. However, in the same column he noted that "I recently talked someone out of outing a public figure. A Savage Love reader was contemplating outing an innocuous celebrity back in April. I advised him against it because, as I wrote to him privately, outing is brutal and it should be reserved for brutes."[60]
On the topic of child sexuality, Savage has said:
We live in a culture that's hysterical about children and assumes they have no sexual agency or desire. But anyone who can remember what they were like when they were 11 knows that kids are sexual, and whether it was messing around with their cousin, playing doctor with their neighbor, or making passes at people 10 years older, they were horny. So NAMBLA steps out to articulate all this, albeit in its usual highly dysfunctional and creepy way, and because we know what they say to be true on this issue, we've got to label them as insane perverts. Any attempt at rational discussion about youth sexuality and intergenerational sex is simply shouted down.[61]
Controversies
In a 2006 interview with the Daily Pennsylvanian, Savage stated that then-Green Party Senate candidate Carl Romanelli, who Savage claimed was partially funded by state Republicans for a spoiler effect against Democrat Bob Casey, "should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope". In the same interview, he stated, "Mr. Romanelli should go fuck himself."[62] Immediately after the interview, Savage wrote, "I regret using that truck metaphor, and didn't mean it literally, and it was in poor taste, and I regret it."[63]
On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher July 15, 2011, during a panel discussion of the debt limit increase negotiations between the US Congress and President Barack Obama, Savage said in a stand-alone remark, "I wish the Republicans were all fucking dead."[64] He apologized for his remarks on his blog later the same night saying in part, "I don't feel that way. My dad is a Republican. (Well, he says he's an independent, but he hasn't voted for a Democrat since JFK. My dad is a Republican.)"[65]
Savage also came under scrutiny for an April 13, 2012, anti-bullying speech in which he encouraged high school students to "learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people", prompting some students to leave the auditorium. Savage apologized on April 29 for calling the walkout "a pansy-assed move", saying, "I wasn't calling the handful of students who left pansies (2,800+ students, most of them Christian, stayed and listened), just the walkout itself." Savage stood by the central point of his speech.[66][67][68]
J. Bryan Lowder of Slate stated that Savage "often takes heat for his less-than-refined statements on issues like the existence of male bisexuality, the responsibility of asexuals to 'come out' before dating, and, indeed, certain issues surrounding transgenderism."[69] Savage has repeatedly been the focus of controversy for his use of slurs regarding the transgender community, other remarks regarding trans issues, and for joking that the then Attorney General of Washington was trans (who was not, in fact, trans).[70][71] He has been glitter bombed three times, twice in 2011 and once in 2012, by protesters who alleged that he is transphobic, among other accusations.[69][72][73][74] In June 2014, during a seminar at the University of Chicago on social media, Savage discussed his past use of the word "tranny". He objected to a student's request that he use the phrase "T-slur" instead, and gave examples of other slurs. Some students criticized him, claiming that he tried to make the student feel threatened and uncomfortable. A University representative said, "A guest used language that provoked a spirited debate. The speaker was discussing how hurtful words can be repurposed and used to empower; at no point did he direct any slurs at anyone."[75] Savage later thanked the University for standing up for him and demanded an apology from those who had accused him of hate speech against trans people.[76][77]
Works
In addition to his advice column, Savage has written four books, edited one book, and authored various op-ed pieces in The New York Times.
Savage coordinates the annual Hump! film festival, which is made up of clips of up to five minutes on any pornographic topic, submitted by viewers. Winning submissions are shown in Seattle and Portland theaters, providing an unusual experience as straight, gay male, bi, lesbian, and fetish porn are all shown together, one after another. Savage publicly destroys the submissions after the festival is over.[78]
Awards
Year | Work | Award | Organization | Result |
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1999 | The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant | PEN West Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction | PEN Center USA | Won[79][80][81] |
2003 | Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America | Lambda Literary Award | Lambda Literary Foundation | Won[79][82][83] |
2004 | The Best American Sex Writing 2004 | Running Press | Featured selection[84] | |
2011 | It Gets Better Project | Webby Award for Special Achievement | International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences | Won[85][86] |
Anthony Giffard "Make the Change" Award | Master of Communications in Digital Media program, University of Washington | Won[87][88][89] | ||
2013 | It Gets Better Project | Bonham Centre Award | The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies University of Toronto | Won[90] |
2013 | Advocacy of separation of church and state and work for LGBT youth | 2013 Humanist of the Year | The American Humanist Association | Won[91][92] |
References
- ^ Savage, Dan (June 2000). The Kid. Plume. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-452-28176-9.
One day in July 1979, when I was fourteen years old
- ^ Fefer, Mark D. (May 26, 2004). "Buzz: Media". Seattle Weekly. Village Voice Media. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
- ^ "i [sic] was 16 ... We were anti-draft-registration activites [sic] in 1981." Savage Love, the Comic, p. 3. (Seattle, WA:Bear Bones Press, 1994), located at Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection Template:Wayback and independent comics website Template:Wayback; see also "1994: Gay newspaper advice columnist Dan Savage produces two issues of the comic book SAVAGE LOVE (Bear Bones Press, 1994), found at LGBT COMICS TIMELINE Template:Wayback. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "GLBTQ Literature: Dan Savage" (PDF). GLBTQ.com.
- ^ "Death Notice: JUDITH SOBIESK - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. April 6, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Savage, Dan (1998). Savage Love: Straight Answers From America's Most Popular Sex Columnist. New York: Plume Publishing Group. pp. 1–16. ISBN 978-0-452-27815-8.
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