To answer all the commenters who don’t understand why Dan Savage was targeted

Criticism vs Attack — The first thing to realize is that glitter bombing as a statement of discontent is not solely reserved for our worst enemies.  It’s okay for someone to have redeeming qualities and still find their other actions unacceptable.  The goal of an action like this is never to end his career or take away his readership, but to bring attention to the things that Dan needs to change.  Honestly, if a student had simply asked him not to be transhpobic in the Q&A, I wouldn’t have posted about it, and neither would Queerty, Joemygod, or the Huffington Post.

Just Talk to Him — Why would you assume people haven’t talked with him about this?  People have talked with him. Dozens of people. For over a decade.  He commonly interprets criticism as an attack and then fires back.  It 

Infighting - First of all, infighting is a concept that describes conflicts between groups of people who face the same oppression.  But Dan does not face transphobia.  This was not an “LGBT on LGBT” glitter bombing, but a trans queer on cis queer glitter bombing — and it wasn’t the first (if you recall the glitter bombing of the HRC building).

Transphobic History — Even Dan admits that he was transphobic 15 years ago, but some of his most transphobic statements happened only one year ago.  Regardless, it’s not enough to simply let time pass without making additional public transphobic comments.  Apologies are in order and Dan needs to take positive action to show that his support, not just his silence.

Shocking Words — Please read more closely, it’s not just his words but what he says with them.  He consistently treats trans women as not real women.  (And mentions having a trans man as a friend, but no trans women.) The words are salt in the wound, but don’t let that distract you from the wound itself.