Dan Savage

Dan Savage

Dan Savage, United States of America

Dan Savage is a writer known for his political and social commentary, as well as his honest approach to sex, love, and relationships.

Savage's sex advice column, "Savage Love", is syndicated in newspapers and websites throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He is the Editorial Director of The Stranger, Seattle's weekly alternative newspaper, and his writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, GQ, Rolling Stone, The Onion, and on Salon.com.

Savage is the author of several books, including: Savage Love; The Kid: What Happened When My Boyfriend and I Decided to Get Pregnant; Skipping Towards Gomorrah; The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America; and The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage and My Family.

In September 2010, Savage created a YouTube video with his husband, Terry Miller, to inspire hope for LGBT young people facing harassment in schools. In response to a number of students taking their own lives, Savage and Miller created a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that "it gets better". Today, the It Gets Better Project has become a global movement, inspiring more than 40,000 videos views over 50 million times. The It Gets Better book, co-edited by Savage and Miller, was published in 2011, and an MTV special aired in February 2012.

Savage's latest project is his television series for MTV, Savage U. Cameras follow Savage and his producer, Lauren Hutchinson, as they travel to college campuses across the country, taking students' questions and offering a crash course on relationships, responsibility, sex, love, and life.