GAY TRUTH

The gay community has expressed dissatisfaction with Nixon for suggesting that being gay is a choice. Nixon has made the comment twice, once in a speech and once in a New York Times interview, causing a backlash from the gay activists, who do not want homosexuality to be depicted as a choice. "I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better," the actress told the New York Times. "And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice." Joy Behar , a co-host of the View, expressed confusion about the decision to be gay last year. "I don't know how to respond to that, I mean I don't think that anybody in this world wants to be gay, considering all of the vilification that is brought upon someone who is gay. Why would you choose that?" But Nixon questions why being gay shouldn't be a cho

Dan Savage hates bullying. Make that some bullying. Admirably, Savage hates it when gay teens get bullied. Less admirably, Savage doesn’t hesitate to bully, smear and malign those who disagree with him. Savage, a gay sex columnist, has never been shy about expressing his hatred for social conservatives. In his latest attack, appearing on  HBO’s “Real Time” with Bill Maher  July 15, Savage wished  Republicans were  “all f**king dead” and admitted that he has contemplated how he’d like to “f**k the s**t out of [conservative presidential candidate] Rick Santorum .” (Video  here .  Warning: extremely offensive.) Dan Savage Savage, a syndicated columnist best known for his “Dear Abby”-style sex advice column titled “ Savage Love ,” is an open homosexual, and in 2010 launched a  video campaign  with his partner against gay bullying called, “It Get’s Better.”  The campaign’s goal is to encourage gay teens to remain strong and seek help in the wake of several  gay teen suicides  that resu