"Time Magazine" Asks Dan Savage Ten Questions

We've never made much of a secret about how much we admire writer and gay rights activist Dan Savage (who came in at #11 on the AfterElton.com Gay List). So we were very happy to see that Time Magazine picked Dan for their "10 Questions" feature in this week's issue.

Here are a couple of Dan's Q&A's.

Who hasn't made a [It Gets Better] video yet who you hope will?
Rick Santorum. Tim Pawlenty. Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck. The Prime Minister of Britain, who leads the Conservative Party there, made a video, and we haven't seen one from anyone on the right in the U.S. to even say, You're 14 and gay. Don't kill yourself.

It seems unlikely that Santorum will participate. Because of you, if one Googles Santorum, a very inappropriate definition is the first hit.
Rick Santorum has said insanely offensive things about gay and lesbian couples. He was a two-term sitting U.S. Senator with a lot of power, and my readers and I are a bunch of jackasses without a lot of power. We made a joke at his expense, and now he [plays] the victim, which is all Republicans seem capable of doing these days.

You recently attended an antibullying conference at the White House. Did you meet the President?
No. But I was 20 feet away from him and the glamour supernova that is Michelle Obama. It's staggering how charismatic and beautiful she is. It takes a lot for a woman to ping onto my radar like that.

You can check out the rest of Dan's answers at Time.com.