Dan Savage
Writer; Advice Columnist, Savage Love; Podcast Host, "Savage Lovecast"
Dan Savage is a writer, advice columnist and activist. He has been writing "Savage Love," his syndicated sex-and-relationship advice column, since 1991. Savage has hosted the “Savage Lovecast,” a weekly podcast version of the column, since 2006. He also hosts the "Sex and Politics" podcast. Previously, Savage was executive producer of ABC’s “The Real O’Neals,” consulting producer on Showtime’s “Couples Therapy” and co-wrote the film ”Spoiler Alert.” In 2010, he created the It Gets Better Project to help combat LGBTQ+ teen suicides. The author of seven books, including “Savage Love,” “The Kid” and “Skipping Towards Gomorrah,” his most recent is “Savage Love from A to Z.” Savage’s commentary has appeared in The New York Times and other publications.
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The U.S. is queerer than ever — and surveys confirm that 20th-century heterosexual “normalcy” is on the wane. Why is gender the diversity dimension that has changed the most o...
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