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Dan Savage slams ‘moronic’ complaints Hillary Clinton isn’t an LGBT ally
Sex columnist calls argument ‘political malpractice’

Dan Savage is blasting naysayers who think Hillary Clinton has hopped on the LGBT bandwagon too late.
The sex columnist, who says he supports Clinton and Bernie Sanders, says support is still support in a column he wrote for The Stranger.  He also notes that President Barack Obama wasn’t always on board with same-sex marriage in the same vein as Clinton.
“Here’s what I have to say to those who can’t understand why any gay person could possibly support Hillary over Bernie—or, like me, support Hillary and/or Bernie—when Bernie Always Had the Right Position On Marriage Equality and Hillary Used To Have the Wrong Position on Marriage Equality,” Savage writes in his column.
“We’re taking motherfucking yes for a motherfucking answer,” Savage says.
Savage continued that he doesn’t think it makes sense to not support a candidate because of timing.
“Hillary Clinton’s support for marriage equality may be a political calculation. And you know what?,” Savage writes. “We worked hard to change the math so that those political calculations would start adding up in our favor. So sincere change of heart or political calculation – either way – I will take it.”
“It’s fucking moronic – it’s political malpractice – to attack a politician for not coming around on your issues fast enough,” Savage concluded.
On Twitter, some commented that floundering on LGBT rights weren’t the only reason people didn’t support Clinton. Savage his column was only meant to argue on that one issue.
I was addressing one argument made constantly, not every argument made ever. Thank you for playing Twitter. https://t.co/Vhkcijqg7L
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) February 23, 2016
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Queer film festival comes to D.C.
DC/DOX to showcase LGBTQ documentaries made by LGBTQ filmmakers

DC/DOX will host a film festival beginning on Thursday, June 12, at the Regal Gallery Place, Eaton Cinema, and the U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theatre.
This festival will premier LGBTQ documentaries made by LGBTQ filmmakers. Each screening will be followed by in-person Q&As with the filmmakers.
For more details, visit dcdoxfest.com