Originally published November 27, 2013. I recently ended a relationship that lasted a year and five months. While I loved this woman, for much of the relationship she was, to varying degrees, depressed. I tried to be as helpful and patient as possible, with the hope and expectation that she would get better. I got […]
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Feeling Scroogey? Get Your Tickets for Dan Savage’s Happy Hole-adays!
If the horrible, unceasing events of 2017 have left you feeling like a burnt crouton, there’s still hope for some holiday cheerโthat’s also hilarious, informative, AND sexy! Listen up, because hereโs your opportunity to see one of Americaโs top rated podcasts and top rated sex advice smarty-pants on the same stage! Itโs Dan Savageโs Happy […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: The One That Got Away (But Gave Me Her Name and Enough Info That I Was Able to Track Her Down)
I am 48 years old and straight and I met this amazing woman leaving a pub after our respective work end-of-year parties. We had this great conversation. Flirted, even hugged, cuddled and took selfies, all in the street outside the pub. I felt so happy being near her, and I think at least, her smiles […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Tinder Date Slapped My Face After I Agreed to “Rough” Sex
I am a straight 28-year-old woman. Recently I slept with a man for the third time (we met on Tinder). We had had great sex previous times but this time before he came over for dinner he asked if I liked it rough. I had never really had rough sex before but I was curious. […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Did Her Three Year Old Just Come Out?
Iโve followed your column religiously for years, and itโs crazy how itโs helped someone like me, who was already very sex-positive and open-minded, to advocate for myself and others in many situations and conversations, with strength of character, good information, and the right words. Thank you for that. Now I have a question of my […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Accidental Anal Rides Again
My sister recently described a scenario to a friend and I that I would deem rape happening between her and her long-term fiancรฉ. My sister, a vibrant and beautiful 29-year-old is in bed with her fiancรฉ (let’s call him D) with her back to him, expecting some gentle laying down doggy-style. Instead, she receives D’s […]
Grindr Is Now Open to Everyone, Including Women, Trans People, and Nonbinary Folks
Grindr expanded their gender identity categories to include trans people and women.
The 13th Annual HUMP! Film Festival Winners Are…
The ballot boxes at HUMP! were designed for stuffing… HUMP!, the world’s best dirty little film festival, got its start in Seattle thirteen years ago. Today HUMP! tours all over the USA and CanadaโHUMP! will play in fifty cities in 2018โbut only audiences in Seattle, Portland, and Olympia get to vote on the HUMP! Awards. […]
A Little Good News: Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality
Via JoeMyGod: the moment the crowd in Sydney learned the results of the marriage equality “survey.” Australian leading politicians, cowards one and all, refused to move on marriage equality despite polls showing overwhelming support for allowing same-sex couples to marry. So instead of doing something, Australian decided to hold a plebisciteโa non-binding, mail-in vote, i.e. […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Why Does a Micropenis Have to Be a Dealbreaker?
“Sex can be great with a small cock but this one is extreme.”
It’s HUMP!’s Last Weekend (and Dan Savage is Here!)
Look, youโre a sex-positive person. Thatโs why if you havenโt attended the annual HUMP! film festival, you are really missing out! Created by sex advice columnist Dan Savage, HUMP! features five-minute homemade porn flicks from the Northwest and elsewhere that run the gamut of sexual expression: gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transgender, kink, and crazy stuff […]
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Cleaning Out the Garage
I like to finger my rim while jerking my cockโit makes me come really hard and I’m interested in trying anal play with others. The problem is that there is often a “car in my garage,” even when I don’t feel like I have to go for a drive. I strongly dislike the feel and […]
