I didnt want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city. – Dan Savage
The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why hes being bullied. I couldnt go home and open up to my parents. – Dan Savage
I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life thats worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, theyll be joining a life thats already really good. – Dan Savage
My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people hed met when I came out to him were corpses. – Dan Savage