Dan Savage

  • Video of the day: Dan Savage to Sarah Palin

    "I'd like to be your gay friend!"
    By Katharine Mieszkowski October 16, 2008

  • I used to be in love with Dan Savage

    Dan, you educated me about everything from cuckold fetishes to boinking pets. But after your column on the diapered man-boy, I realized I'm not a wild child after all.
    By Debra Dickerson April 2, 2007

  • "Being told we can't is making a lot of homos wanna"

    In "The Commitment," sex columnist Dan Savage explores what gay marriage actually feels, sounds and smells like -- but should he tie the knot?
    By Louis Bayard September 30, 2005

  • When gay Americans marry

    What the partnership of Gov. and Mrs. McGreevey says about the absurdity of banning gay marriage.
    By Dan Savage August 17, 2004

  • What does marriage mean?

    Married life between a man and woman can follow many twists and turns. So why do gay marriages have to be so straight?
    By Dan Savage July 17, 2004

  • First they came for Howard

    Why isn't everyone who cares about free speech rallying around the embattled radio personality?
    By Dan Savage April 14, 2004

  • I don't

    I'd love to satisfy my mother and annoy Rick Santorum by getting married to my boyfriend. But I care for him -- and our son -- too much to risk it.
    By Dan Savage November 20, 2003

  • Navel-gazing their way through parenthood

    Why do Gen X moms and dads have an insatiable appetite for reading and writing about the experience of raising kids?
    By Katie Allison Granju October 21, 2003

  • Brotherly love

    Dave Eggers' memoir, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," has charms to break the Savage heart.
    By Dan Savage March 14, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    The mixed blessing of adoption; Plus: Readers shocked to find themselves agreeing with David Horowitz; Christopher Buckley "sincerely disgusted."
    Letters to the editor February 9, 2000

  • Wake up! Is this Cloud-Cuckoo-Land?

    Will we get stuck with a fumbling Bush? Given the evil eye by Hillary? Deafened by the shrill mania of gun controllers? And will Kate Winslet ever get the Oscar Helen Hunt stole from her?
    By Camille Paglia February 2, 2000

  • The firestorm over "Stalking Gary Bauer"

    Salon readers lash Dan Savage -- or laugh with him.
    January 29, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    "Typhoid Dan" Savage is a sick, demented freak Plus: Southern divorce rate -- a loosening of the Bible Belt? The newsgroup junkies are right -- "The Simpsons" does suck now.
    Letters to the Editor January 28, 2000

  • Stalking Gary Bauer

    Sex columnist Dan Savage goes undercover, and hatches a plot, inside Bauer 2000 campaign headquarters in Des Moines.
    By Dan Savage January 25, 2000

  • What's at stake in the 2000 elections?

    Rosa Parks, David Duke, Steve Wozniak, Camille Paglia, Al Franken -- and dozens more -- talk about what inspires and frightens them about the political year ahead.
    By Michael Alvear January 10, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    What's to become of Microsoft? Plus: Putting McKinney's life in Judy Shepard's hands; who unearthed the L.A. Times controversy?
    Letters to the Editor November 12, 1999

  • "It's happened again"

    When gun-control advocates use mass shootings to push for a handgun ban, critics accuse them of exploiting tragedy. But there's a difference between exploiting a tragedy and learning from it.
    By Dan Savage November 4, 1999

  • Election coverage, gonzo-style

    Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks?
    By Jenn Shreve October 22, 1999

  • From "Hey Faggot" to "Hey Daddy"

    Savage Dan Savage softens up in fatherhood: Now he's a bitch with a burp rag.
    By Daryl Lindsey October 1, 1999

  • Therapy is painless

    From Freud to divorce court: A therapist to meet your every need. Plus: Dan Savage vs. the Republicans; Elvis' "black satin-like" pajamas on the auction block.
    By Jenn Shreve August 20, 1999

  • We're here, we're queer, I'm sick of it

    The gay pride agenda is about partying, not politics. It's time to talk about "gay equality."
    By Christopher Ott June 30, 1999

  • I know what girls want

    Four feminist zines give their anti-Cosmo versions of the modern woman. Plus: The Stranger celebrates the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Willamette Week makes one writer cry on her keyboard.
    By Jenn Shreve June 18, 1999

  • Decorating for Communists!

    The Seattle Weekly combines politics and home and garden advice; Baltimore reporters explore the origins of movie trailers.
    By Jenn Shreve April 30, 1999

  • Learning from Littleton

    Experts discuss the right lessons -- and the wrong ones.
    By Fiona Morgan April 27, 1999
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