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Dan Savage is a [[liberal]] and [[homosexual]] advice columnist and is the man responsible for the [[Rick Santorum|Santorum]] [[Google]] smear campaign.  He is a reporter for ''[[The Stranger]]'', of [[Village Voice]] media.

Dan Savage is a [[liberal]] and [[homosexual]] advice columnist and is the man responsible for the [[Rick Santorum|Santorum]] [[Google]] smear campaign.  He is a reporter for ''[[The Stranger]]'', of [[Village Voice]] media.

== [[Gary Bauer]] ==

== [[Gary Bauer]] ==

In the year 2000, in revenge for comments Bauer made, Savage infiltrated Bauer's campaign with the intent to infect Bauer with the flu (which Savage had at the time) by doing such things as licking doorknobs he thought Gary Bauer may touch. <ref>[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=3092 Here, Dan Savage details his efforts at infecting Gary Bauer]</ref>  He also illegally voted in the Iowa caucus despite not being an Iowa resident, and was thus arrested on misdemeanor charges and sentenced to 50 hours of community service and a year's probation.<ref>http://qrd.org/qrd/media/radio/thiswayout/summary/newswrap/2000/N659-11.13.00</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/opinion/how-to-be-an-iowan-for-a-day.html?src=pm</ref>

In the year 2000, in revenge for comments Bauer made, Savage infiltrated Bauer's campaign with the intent to infect Bauer with the flu (which Savage had at the time) by doing such things as licking doorknobs he thought Gary Bauer may touch. <ref>[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=3092 Here, Dan Savage details his efforts at infecting Gary Bauer]</ref>  He also illegally voted in the Iowa caucus despite not being an Iowa resident, and was thus arrested on misdemeanor charges and sentenced to 50 hours of community service and a year's probation.<ref>http://qrd.org/qrd/media/radio/thiswayout/summary/newswrap/2000/N659-11.13.00</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/opinion/how-to-be-an-iowan-for-a-day.html?src=pm</ref>

==[[Santorum]]==

==[[Santorum]]==

After Santorum's statements on homosexuality<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-04-23-santorum-excerpt_x.htm</ref> in 2003, Dan Savage urged his readers to find another, less flattering definition for "santorum."  After such a definition was chosen, Savage created a site called spreadingsantorum.com (not appropriate) and had instigated a Google-bombing campaign placing it as the first result given for every search.  

After Santorum's statements on homosexuality<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-04-23-santorum-excerpt_x.htm</ref> in 2003, Dan Savage urged his readers to find another, less flattering definition for "santorum."  After such a definition was chosen, Savage created a site called spreadingsantorum.com (not appropriate) and had instigated a Google-bombing campaign placing it as the first result given for every search.  

== It Gets Better ==

== It Gets Better ==

After a spike in news reports on [[Homosexuality and mental illness|gay youth suicides]], Dan Savage started the ''It Gets Better'' project.  The point of the project is to make videos assuring gay youths that their lives will improve after high school and college, and that bullying experienced for being gay will subside or be overcome by positive experiences.

After a spike in news reports on [[Homosexuality and mental illness|gay youth suicides]], Dan Savage started the ''[[It Gets Better project]]''.  The point of the project is to make videos assuring gay youths that their lives will improve after high school and college, and that bullying experienced for being gay will subside or be overcome by positive experiences.

== Personal life ==

== Personal life ==

Savage was married in Vancouver to his long time partner Terry Miller, and they have an adopted son DJ.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134628750/dan-savage-for-gay-teens-life-gets-better</ref>

Savage was married in Vancouver to his long time partner Terry Miller, and they have an adopted son DJ.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134628750/dan-savage-for-gay-teens-life-gets-better</ref>

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[[Category:Liberal Activists]]

[[Category:Liberal Activists]]