[UUPoly-L] Savage Attacks

[Marly <marlycharley@yahoo.com>]

It sounds like Dan Savage's last name is fitting! 

Marly Davidson
Washington, DC

--- Laura Stewart <mathlaura@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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