Gay activist Dan Savage to visit Pacific University | OregonLive.com

Gay activist Dan Savage to visit Pacific University

Published: Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:47 AM Updated: Monday, October 18, 2010, 11:17 AM

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Gay activist and author Dan Savage will visit Pacific University on Nov. 4 to deliver his "Savage Love Live" presentation.

Savage, author of the nationally-syndicated Savage Love advice column, has attracted attention in recent weeks for his It Gets Better Project, which features video messages from gay individuals, discouraging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth from attempting suicide.

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Savage began the project in September, in response to the suicide of Indiana 15-year-old Billy Lucas, who was harassed for being gay. The project quickly gained national attention, following Rutgers University student Tyler Clemente's suicide. Clemente jumped from a bridge after two schoolmates secretly taped and streamed online a video of his sexual encounter with a man in his dorm room.