Dan Savage: Difference between revisions

Savage is frequently asked to comment on issues related to the LGBT community or sex. This does not mean he is necessarily liked by the gay community at large: thanks to his tendency to use somewhat flippant language, he has been criticized for being discriminatory to bisexuals, transgender/transsexual people, fat people, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|people who wear leotards]]. When criticized, Savage generally has responded by carefully explaining his positions, for instance his assertion that many people who claim to be bisexual later become either gay or straight (to pick one example) does not mean that he thinks that bisexuals don't exist. Because this is the Internet we're talking about, this doesn't always placate his critics. Some queer activists have also criticized the It Gets Better Project as being too passive: Savage's response is that participation or support of IGBP doesn't prevent someone from taking a more active role to fight bullying of LGBT teenagers, and indeed whenever Savage hears about a school or school district that he feels has been homophobic or too passive at preventing anti-gay bullying he generally posts the contact information for the principal or superintendent on his blog for his readers to send polite but firm notes of their disapproval.