Sex Columnist Dan Savage Gets Laughter & Cheers from Mawrtyrs
By Susan Gao
Staff Writer
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Dan Savage, best known for his frank discussion of sexuality in the column "Savage Love," showed a full house in Goodhart Theater last Tuesday why he has been acclaimed as the liberal and humorous expert on sex.
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Although the discussion was mostly filled with Savage's humorous advice and cheers from the audience, there was a moment of tension when a member of the audience asked Savage whether he has changed his position in what was characterized as the "transgender-phobic" sex column he had written in 2003.
He did not apologize for the comment he made in his column. He asserted that his column was meant to be more outrageous than politically correct.
Savage's 2003 column was patently offensive, there's no question. But it's also seven years old, and the guy has obviously grown since then; the tone of his column has changed from snarky and offensive to mostly serious with a dash of humour, and his chosen terminology has grown and changed alongside that. It's somewhat annoying that he doesn't want to address the stuff he said in '03, but not unforgivable, at least to me.