Dan Savage Discusses 'What It Means To Be Homosexual' 40 Years Later: VIDEO

Forty years ago, a magazine editor named Merle Miller broke new ground by publicly coming out in a New York Times article called "What It Means To Be Homosexual." Discussing that essay's recent republication — Penguin put it out last year with a new foreword by Dan Savage — Emily Greenhouse at the New Yorker wrote:

The article was published on January 17, 1971. It was extraordinary. Miller had not intended to write anything personal—"I have no taste for self-revelation," he later wrote—but it seems to have spilled out from his pen, his typewriter, a reasoned and reasonably furious demand for respect. "I am sick and tired," he wrote, "of reading and hearing such goddamn demeaning, degrading bullshit about me and my friends." It was a great deal more than that, but in a way, Miller's anger was it: a simple, loyal appeal on behalf of himself and his bullied friends.

In the video AFTER THE JUMP, Savage himself discusses Miller's impact on gay culture and what it means to "be different" in these more inclusive, though not necessarily less dangerous, times.

Dan Savage Explains Why You Should Support Legal Pot: VIDEO

Activist, author and defender of the little guy Dan Savage today posted a video in which he explains why you, the American voter, should join Washington State and Colorado in supporting legalizing recreational marijuana.

Listen to what he has to say AFTER THE JUMP.

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1277

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DAN SAVAGE: Thanking straight allies for their support.

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Dan Savage Wants Christian Left To Get A Bit Louder Now: VIDEO

Author and activist Dan Savage has heard from liberal Christians "we're not all like that" so many times that he refers to them as NALTs (not all like thats), and to NALTs, Savage says they must speak up against the Christian right that has hijacked their religion and made "Christianity" synonymous with "homophobic".

Watch Savage speak the truth AFTER THE JUMP.

(via Joe.My.God)

Are You a Freak in Bed? - VIDEO

Play a game of 'wheel of sex' with Dan Savage to determine if your habits are normal.

Watch (warning: language), AFTER THE JUMP...

Wedding Portrait: Dan Savage and Terry Miller

From Sunday's kick-off to marriage equality in Washington state.

Nate Gowdy of the Seattle Gay News writes us:

"I had the opportunity to put together a team of four photographers to host a photobooth for just about each of the 138 just-married couples at Seattle City Hall on Sunday, Dec. 9. Here's my shot of Dan Savage and Terry Miller -- If you keep clicking through, there are 75 images in all. While my team took formals I got to roam around inside the lobby after all other media was booted after half an hour, so there are some shots you won't find anywhere else."

Also at the Seattle Gay News Flickr photostream.