Re: [UUPoly-L] Tangental Note - Savage

["Laura Stewart" <mathlaura@gmail.com>]

I can understand why he would be asked to speak if the decision were
made by someone who was only familiar with SOME of his writing.  He's
very well-known and influential in the gay community, but it's very
clear if one looks closely that he's happy to be a GAY community
member, and is not at all an LGBTQ community member.

-Laura

On 3/1/07, Alisa WW <alisaww@comcast.net> wrote:
> I agree with Laura that Dan Savage has displayed himself to be a bigot on a
> number of occasions - not the least of which was as an official speaker at
> GA several years back.  I can't remember if it was in Quebec or in Long
> Beach, but the BGLT office asked him to be a speaker.  It was a huge - 500?
> people who came to see him speak one evening at GA.  He was particularly
> offensive in regard to bisexuality, differently-abled attendees, BGLT
> persons who live in rural areas, and when confronted about all of this by
> UUA staff, confirmed his attitudes unapologetically.  He had various members
> of the audience in tears with his personal attacks.  I am shocked that the
> UUA office asked this offensive person to speak - authoritatively - at GA.
>
> Alisa
>
> > On a tangential note, I think Dan Savage has displayed himself to be
> > very much the bigot several times.  Most notable would be his many
> > prior negative statements about bisexuality.  Though he reversed his
> > opinion on that (in what I consider to be a very condescending
> > manner), it was hardly an isolated incident.  He can have witty
> > writing, but I certainly do not consider him a lighthouse of
> > acceptance or even tolerance.
> >
> > -Laura
>
>
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