It has been a while....I know. So much for keeping my promise to keep up with the blog after we got separated. No more promises. I'll do my best to spit out my random thoughts into this blog as often as I could.
Sooooo, it's time to talk about the inspirational Dan Savage.
Who is Dan Savage?
Don't feel bad if you have no idea who he is, I didn't either....until one of my classes offered an extra credit opportunity to go to his talk and write something about it. So I thought, why not, my grade could definitely use some help, going to a talk wouldn't require that much of an effort anyway. So there I was, in a 700-something-capacity auditorium. I was 10 minutes early, and the room was packed. Then I started thinking that this guy must be quite a big deal. It turns out that Dan Savage is a gay advocate, who is also a love columnist in "The Stranger" (which I reckon to be Bubbablub's fav newspaper, at least a year back). He has a B.I.A.H.I.C (i.e. boyfriend in america, husband in canada --as he put it, a sarcastic term that he created to call his partner in this land of freedom where gay rights are still furiously debated) and a 13-year-old son that they adopted since he was still a few months old. He was AMAZING. I'm not even kidding, there is no more perfect person to advocate gay rights than him.
He started by talking about his "IT GETS BETTER" campaign that is aimed for gay teenagers who are abused mentally and physically for being gay (see the video below). There are thousands of video and they are amazing (trust me you could literally spend hours watching them and still be amazed by them). He talked about how hellish growing up as a gay --as he put it "Straight kids don't go home and get dragged to church being told that they are evils."
After talking about the campaign, he answered questions that the audience submitted anonymously to him. Some questions are just toooooo straight forward and I'm pretty sure I'd embarrass myself in front of the audience had people aimed these questions to me. Some asked "Is it wrong to tell a guy's girlfriend that he's been cheating with me? Also he's a douchebag." And his reply: "So are you." Someone also asked if he has been monogamous since he committed to his partner and things got intense for a split second after he replied saying that he'd label himself "monogamouish."
Spending 2 hours in the middle of a busy week just to sit down and listen to this guy talking was clearly worth it. We need someone who isn't afraid to talk to the world and is willing to support our gay peers out there.
Minnie.xx.
