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ASK: What’s the story about Dan Savage? (I made this response post re-bloggable for those who requested it).

(TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of cissexism, cissexist language/slurs, suicide (it gets better campaign), rape apologism, victim-blaming, body-shaming, slut-shaming)

Updated: December 11, 2012

While Dan Savage has done things for the gay and lesbian communities, he DOES exclude or outright INSULT many minorities within the queer community - namely bisexuals, pansexuals, and those in the trans*, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming communities.

Sources for these accusations are located here:

http://masculinetoast.tumblr.com/post/1260470380/dan-savage-and-transphobia

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/03/dan-savages-transphobic-azz-strikes.html

http://hopelessly-romantic-cynic.tumblr.com/post/3213015682/genderbitch-deweyxdecimate-spectrumnaut

http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2009/04/an-actual-lesbian-girlfriend.html

http://blogs.bluebec.com/dan-savage-is-still-biphobic/

He HAS also been accused (a number of times) for being a rape apologist, slut-shamer, AND racist.

Sources for these accusations follow:

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/09/dan-savage-racism-has-its-rewards.html

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/09/dan-savage-chill-with-your-race-baiting.html

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=40108

http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/04/saying-im-sorry-wont-kill-you-dan.html

https://kvetchingyenta.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/dan-savage-thinks-that-feminism-destroyed-the-institution-of-marriage/

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/my_walk_to_work

While I think that the It Gets Better Campaign is a well-meaning project, it DOES offer false hopes - especially if members of the community are excluded/ignored. It is more of a PR campaign for those who take part than anything else.

QueerWatch discusses this much further here: http://queerwatch.tumblr.com/post/1238368677/why-i-dont-like-dan-savages-it-gets-better

When these accusations are brought to Savage’s attention he either does not respond or reiterates the fact that most of his worst statements occurred a number of years ago.

The problem is: IT IS A RE-OCCURRING ISSUE.

His most recent bout of news: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/02/dan-savage-glitterbombed-oregon-transphobia-_n_1071627.html

And, lastly… if anyone is interested, there is also a tumblr just for Dan Savage regarding all the aforementioned topics: http://fucknodansavage.tumblr.com/

I hope that answers your question, anon. Good day to you. <3

Sincerely,

Riley (PQ creator/editor)

P.S. If you would like to see videos of Dan Savage actually SAYING these things, simply type things like ‘Dan Savage biphobia’, ‘Dan Savage cissexism’, etc. into youtube’s search engine.

The resources are endless really…