Dan Savage, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dan Savage

American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1964

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: writer, journalist, podcaster, sex educator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Dan Savage

  • Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBT community activist.
  • He writes Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column.
  • In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBT youth.
  • He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as Keenan Hollahan. Born in Chicago to Roman Catholic parents, Savage attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting.
  • He lived in West Berlin briefly from 1988 to 1990, and later moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he befriended Tim Keck, co-founder of The Onion.
  • When Keck moved to Seattle, Washington, Savage moved as well to become an advice columnist for The Stranger, which Keck founded; he had offered Savage the position after Savage wrote a sample column which impressed him.
  • Savage has since become a sex columnist and a vocal proponent of LGBT rights in the United States, voicing his advocacy through his column, Savage Love, and a podcast version of his column, the Savage Lovecast.
  • In 2001, Savage and his readership coined the term 'pegging' to describe a woman anally penetrating a man with a strap-on dildo.Outside of his writings and podcasts, Savage has advocated for progressive politics and advancing the rights of LGBT youth to prevent suicide in the community.
  • He has opposed laws restricting pornography and the sale of sex toys, and founded the It Gets Better Project with his husband Terry Miller, whom he married in 2005.
  • Savage has been featured on numerous television programs and news outlets, including Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Anderson Cooper 360.
  • He supported the concept of the Iraq War in 2002 but changed his stance following the invasion. Savage has attracted controversy over his comments and actions related to LGBT issues.
  • He coined the term "santorum" to define a by-product of sex after former senator Rick Santorum made anti-LGBT comments in 2003, and condemned The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its support of California Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
  • His activism and public speaking has brought praise from celebrities and politicians, including former president Barack Obama.

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