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Dan Savage

Savagely Funny

Jesus pancakes. Capri pants. Martha Plimpton. Those three things make us happy on so many different levels, but when all combined, it’s practically a religious experience. Get ready for The Real O’Neals, an outrageous new comedy about a perfect-on-the-outside Irish Catholic family with plenty of secrets. Mom and Dad want a divorce, son Kenny is gay, Jimmy has manorexia and […]

To-Do Lisp

If there’s one documentary you watch this summer, girrrrl, this is the one. Do I Sound Gay? explores the phenomenon of “gay voices” and how people with more stereotypical affectations, lisps and high-pitched tones get along in the mainstream world and how their voices helped shape who they are now. Featuring interviews with Margaret Cho, Tim Gunn, Don Lemon, Dan […]

Oakey-Dokey

It gets better. That’s not just the name of Dan Savage’s wonderful project for LGBT youth, it’s also the reality over at Oak. There, Chef Brian Zenner continues to outdo himself, most evident in the new lunch and dinner menus. Celebrated as one of the Top 50 new restaurants in 2012 by Bon Appetit, the restaurant has continued on its […]

Savage Pride

Though we still have 10 days until the big parade, Pride in the city officially starts tonight. That’s because Uptown Players is putting on its annual Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival, nine days celebrating the LGBT experience in all its many forms. The festival begins tonight with The Last Session, a play that was part of Uptown Players’ very first […]

It Gets Wetter

Today is Hump Day. Saturday, however, is HUMP! Day. Back in 2005, Dan Savage (the guy behind the It Gets Better campaign) challenged readers of his sex advice column to create homemade porn. He chose the winning film shorts and created the HUMP! Film Festival, which became wildly popular. This Saturday, you can see more than a dozen of his […]

It Gets Wetter

Sex can be messy. Both in actuality and for how it affects one-night stands relationships. And it’s incredible how little some college students know about it – or how to safely have fun in the sack. That’s where Dan Savage comes in with his new television series, Savage U, debuting tomorrow on MTV. Many people only know him as one […]