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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Jul 27, 2020
How to propose casual pandemic sex with a coworker
Work relationships don’t always end in tears and pink slips and lawsuits.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
Jul 7, 2020
Just another cuckin’ monogamous couple
It’s possible to enjoy lesbian cuckolding fantasies and not open a relationship.
By Dan Savage
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Arts & Culture
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Theater Review
Oct 11, 2018
Recommended
The passion is in the music in
Patience and Sarah
Third Eye Ensemble tells the incredibly true adventure of two early American girls in love.
By Albert Williams
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Diana Stoic
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Liana Gineitis
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Alexandra Enyart
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Recommended
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
May 23, 2018
What to do when someone horns in on all the action at the orgy
Even if it’s the host. Plus: threesome success and lesbian special guests!
By Dan Savage
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News & Politics
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Politics
Nov 29, 2016
This lawsuit could have major impact on LGBTQ employment protections
A federal appeals court revisits the suit of an Indiana teacher who says she was fired for being gay.
By Robin Amer
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Donald Trump
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Antonin Scalia
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William Pryor
Columns & Opinion
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Identity & Culture
Sep 21, 2016
Performance artist to Chicago: Get off our areolas
Bea Cordelia thinks the city’s liquor-license law has a gender-bias problem.
By Derrick Clifton
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Columns & Opinion
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Identity & Culture
Aug 16, 2016
Illinois pastors don’t deserve exemption from conversion therapy ban
Conversion therapy aimed at “curing” queer kids is harmful, fraudulent, and discredited, no matter who’s practicing it.
By Derrick Clifton
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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American Medical Association
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National Association of Social Workers
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
May 8, 2014
Boundary disputes
Plus: Getting off without getting on top, and being open to your hubby in panties (come on, it's his birthday).
By Dan Savage
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Emily "Dear Prudence" Yoffe
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Savage Love
Nov 21, 2013
Hearts on fire (upper torsos too)
Plus: Are divergent libidos grounds to end a relationship?
By Dan Savage
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Nov 14, 2013
Slut autoshaming
Plus: A misplaced cock ring reappears and an online lesbian impersonator reevaluates.
By Dan Savage
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Sep 19, 2013
Greasy hipster noise sex
What to do about neighbors who won't keep it down. Plus: Do you need to disclose that blow job?
By Dan Savage
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Jeffrey Dahmer
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Sep 5, 2013
Savage Love takes all comers
A quick Q&A to address various of your . . . needs
By Dan Savage
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Aug 15, 2013
A little help from Dan's friends
Advice this week—on rough fantasies and shitty relationships—comes from author Daniel Bergner and blogger-activist Chris Savage.
By Dan Savage
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Michigan
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Rachel Maddow
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Michigan Democratic Party
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Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Review
May 23, 2012
Adolescence without the sexy vampires
Rivendell's
Crooked
looks straight into the hearts of teenage girls
By Kerry Reid
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Sandy Shinner
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Catherine Trieschmann
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Martin McDonaugh
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grief
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guilt
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sublimation
,
the South
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teenage girls
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Dec 1, 2011
Do I have to call myself a lesbian?
Plus: barf as a turn on, hyperhorny boyfriend, grateful Christian conservative kinkster
By Dan Savage
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lesbian
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gay
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GGG
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Music
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The Secret History of Chicago Music
Sep 22, 2011
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Ginni Clemmens
"Gentle Radical" Ginni Clemmens
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Sing a Rainbow
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Feb 17, 2011
Savage Love: February 17, 2011
Can cheating save a marriage? How to talk to a shy partner. And, what to do when your "straight" buddy is confused?
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 21, 2009
“No Lesbo”: Girls, “No Homo,” and Lesbians In Hip-Hop
Hip-hop's "no homo" disclaimer, when extended to women, leads to more misogyny.
By Amanda Hess
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gay
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lesbian
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Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 4, 2009
Video
The right to say goodbye
By Ed M. Koziarski
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Film
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Hannah Free
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Tracy Baim
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