Dan Savage Quotes

A collection of quotes by Dan Savage.

Dan Savage is an American author, sex advice columnist, and LGBTQ+ rights activist. He was born on October 7, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. Savage first gained prominence for his syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," which he began writing in 1991. The column provided candid and often controversial advice on a wide range of sexual topics.

Savage is known for his unfiltered and direct approach to discussions about sex, relationships, and cultural norms. He has been applauded for his efforts to promote sex education, combat homophobia, and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. In addition to his column, Savage has authored several books, including "Savage Love" and "The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant," which document his personal experiences as a gay man and father.

Beyond his writing, Savage has been active in the fight against discrimination and inequality. He co-founded the It Gets Better Project in 2010, an initiative aimed at preventing suicide among LGBTQ+ youth by sharing uplifting stories and messages of hope. He has also been involved in various media projects, hosting a podcast and regularly appearing on television shows as a commentator and guest.

Dan Savage's work has made a significant impact on the discourse surrounding sexuality and relationships, challenging societal norms and promoting acceptance and understanding.

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, th

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people i

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

Fear

How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that t

How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?

Happiness

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necess

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.

Happiness

The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on a

The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he's being bullied. I couldn't go home and open up to my parents.

Experience

Most Americans don't care about gay marriage.

Most Americans don't care about gay marriage.

Marriage

Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married o

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.

Marriage

Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still b

Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

Death

My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the cit

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.

Dad

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.

War

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-spe

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

Freedom

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadi

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.

Alone

I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be

I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.

Famous

Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriend

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?

Women

Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packa

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.

Family

Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going

Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.

War

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to list

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.

Teacher

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life.

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 what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good.

Best