My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born in the '40s. They were young adults before the '60s even happened, and married, and already having kids.… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their interpretations of… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
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