Tag Archives: Dan Savage

Following the release of an It Gets Better video made by (almost) the entire Massachusetts delegation to Congress, Sen. Scott Brown has come under fire for not participating. Today the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued this statement in response: If, as the old saying goes, you’re known by the company you keep, than the voters of Massachusetts deserve to know …

(Via – Towleroad)

“Yes, he may have the right to belittle and degrade us, but that doesn’t mean we have to sit by and not fight back. That is why I need your support today, and your contribution of $25, $50, $100, or $250 to my campaign will help us do just that! [Dan Savage] is the reason my children cannot Google their …

“Gay people who point out how fruity Bachmann is aren’t saying there’s something wrong with being fruity, or with being gay, or with guys who look, speak, walk, or dance the way Bachmann does. A lot of us look, speak, walk, and dance that way. And we don’t think there’s anything wrong with us for looking, speaking, walking, or dancing …

During a Friday appearance on the Bill Maher Show, Dan Savage joked that he’d enjoy a rough hate-fucking of former Sen. Rick “Frothy Mix” Santorum. Yesterday Santorum appeared on wingnut radio to denounce Savage’s comments. “Whether it’s Rick Santorum or Michele Bachmann, it’s the Left making fun of someone who believes in the values that built America. It believes in …

Yowtch!

“The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. Men had concubines, mistresses and access to prostitutes, until everybody decided marriage had to be egalitar­ian and fairsey. [Rather than granting women] the same latitude and license and pressure-release valve that men had always enjoyed, we extended to men the …

Savage and Olbermann ran into each other at a performance of The Book Of Mormon and this web-only interview resulted.

Dan Savage, comedian Alec Mapa, and actress Raven Symone joined Joy Behar last night to discuss that Southwest pilot, gay pride, and New York marriage. Sharp-eyed viewers will note the NYC Digital Activists’ banner in the clip of NYC Pride. At the 6:15 mark.

Make sure you pick up a copy of Pride 2011 when you head out for your local events this weekend. I was the guest editor this year and I wrote the cover story interview with Dan Savage. Brag!

An awesome pop-rock track against gay bullying made in collaboration with the It Gets Better Project. Featuring a cameo by Dan Savage.

“It Gets Better. It’s a video campaign organized by a radical and vicious, vicious, vulgar, profane, anti-Christian, I can’t say enough things along that line about him. Dan Savage. He’s an activist, been around for years. This It Gets Better campaign is a video campaign that a lot of the leftist politicians including our president have jumped on board, so …

Recipients are only allowed a five-word acceptance speech. Watch what Dan does with his five words.

“A reporter asks if Weiner was drinking or using drugs—if he has a problem—because only a man who has a drinking problem or a drug problem could get caught up in something like this. Do reporters know what men are like? (And lots of women too?) This desire to pathologize behavior that isn’t sick—that is, indeed, very common and human …

This gorgeous image was taken by famed photographer Marius Bugge for my Pride Magazine 2011 cover story on Dan Savage. (Marius also shot our last two covers with Dan Choi and Rachel Maddow.) This year’s issue of Pride will begin appearing in the usual locations this weekend and I’ll post an excerpt from my interview shortly. By the way, I …

Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller visited Google headquarters for a lengthy discussion on the origins of the It Gets Better Project.(Tipped by JMG reader Dave)