When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy. Dan Savage closetendenemy Change image and share on social
Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage. Dan Savage absencechildcompulsory share on social
Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of them and then come tell me that the message at the heart of every column isn't, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' In every possible sense. Dan Savage columnheartmessage share on social
A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied. Dan Savage boybullyeffeminate Change image and share on social
To be a straight person and discover you're infertile is almost like discovering you're not a straight person. Dan Savage discoverinfertileperson Change image and share on social
Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school. Dan Savage deathdiseasehigh Change image and share on social
The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity. Dan Savage culturalexpectationfidelity Change image and share on social
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves. Dan Savage animatecapacityfear Change image and share on social
