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
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. Dan Savage expectexpectationimpose Change image and share on social
Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials. Dan Savage aspectchristmascohesion 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
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
Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court? Dan Savage boyfriendcourtdarcy Change image and share on social
I think the 'South Park' guys are brilliant. Dan Savage brilliantguypark Change image and share on social
The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids. Dan Savage civileyegay 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