The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone. – Dan Savage
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves. – 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 got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. – Dan Savage