Dan Savage, Author at Creative Loafing Tampa

Savage Love: A study says some men are allergic to their sperm cells

By the way, Viagra and poppers should never be used together.

by Dan Savage October 24, 2022May 28, 2025

By the way, Viagra and poppers should never be used together.

Savage Love: Step one in D/s play is thinking about the emotional needs that shape those fantasies

by Dan Savage October 14, 2022February 24, 2025

Savage Love: Everyone should watch the 1989 documentary ‘Tongues Untied’

Marlon T. Riggs’ film about what it means to be Black and gay in our culture is just as relevant now as it was 30 years ago.

by Dan Savage October 10, 2022April 1, 2025

Savage Love: My wife likes to suck cock, but not mine

She says it’s because we love each other too much.

by Dan Savage October 3, 2022August 5, 2025

Savage Love: I don’t think swapping dick pics is common among straight guys

Is your relationship a police state?

by Dan Savage September 19, 2022April 4, 2025

Savage Love: Small town teachers looking for cunnilingus probably can’t avoid the dating apps

Hoping to get some tips from other teachers, I shared your email on Twitter.

by Dan Savage September 12, 2022August 5, 2025

Savage Love: Bisexual and heteroromantic dudes exist—and can totally confuse gay men

While some BAH guys don’t want anything to do with their male sex partners before or after sex, other BAH guys are open to being ‘buds.’

by Dan Savage September 5, 2022June 18, 2025

Savage Love: When it comes to porn and masturbation, even married people are entitled to privacy

Everyone enjoys a zone of erotic autonomy.

by Dan Savage August 29, 2022July 12, 2025

Savage Love: Sorry, but there’s no way to enjoy anal while having a hemorrhoid

Quickies.

by Dan Savage August 22, 2022July 2, 2025

Savage Love: If choking turns you on, you really need to adopt good harm reduction practices

Obviously, consent to a sex practice as risky as choking is only meaningful if everyone involved is fully informed of the risks.

by Dan Savage August 19, 2022June 27, 2025

Savage Love: There’s a difference between being a ‘cuckquean’ and just practicing ‘hothusbanding’

‘…it sounds to me like what you really wanna do is… whore your husband out.’

by Dan Savage August 9, 2022August 5, 2025

Savage Love: Even if he’s the ‘finest thing’ you’ve ever touched, he should always respect your boundaries

by Dan Savage August 1, 2022April 14, 2025

Savage Love: Sexual infidelity is one thing, emotional infidelity is another

There’s a difference between knowing something because you kinda sorta figured and knowing something because you were literally fucking told.

by Dan Savage July 25, 2022June 19, 2025

Savage Love: Here’s how to label a woman who wants both men and non-binary people to slide into her DMs

by Dan Savage July 22, 2022January 30, 2025

Savage Love: Yes gay dude, you should be worried about monkeypox

Quickies.

by Dan Savage July 15, 2022August 3, 2023

Savage Love: You’re probably not going to become bonded to the rando you’re boning on the side

But that’s not 100% guaranteed.

by Dan Savage July 1, 2022October 7, 2024

Savage Love: Push back when a ‘just my preference gay’ has dumb, racist things in their dating app profile

As true today as it was in 2016.

by Dan Savage June 18, 2022June 19, 2024

Savage Love: Even in BDSM, the burden is never on the victim of bad behavior to change the perpetrator

We called our fairy fairy submother.

by Dan Savage June 13, 2022July 21, 2025

Savage Love: Two shitty relationships in row isn’t evidence that your judgment is flawed

But don’t ignore the red flags.

by Dan Savage June 9, 2022March 20, 2024

Savage Love: You’re gonna want to pay for what you can if you don’t want to feel like a daddy’s boy

Also, how about those Southern Baptist groomers, eh?

by Dan Savage June 2, 2022April 8, 2025