Dan Savage is using his disdain for President Donald Trump for great causes.The LGBTQ rights activist and author announced April 18 that hed raised $100,000 for three organizations that are in direct opposition to Trump policies through the sale of ITMFA, or Impeach The Mother F*cker Already, merchandise.Savage, 52, made the announcement on the weekly Seattle newspaper, The Stranger, and on his personal Instagram. I'm mailing out checks today'and not just to the IRS. This morning I had the distinct pleasure of mailing off checks to Planned Parenthood ($33,333.34), the ACLU ($33,333.33) and the International Refugee Assistance Project ($33,333.33)'money we raised selling ITMFA ("Impeach The Mother Fucker Already") buttons, t-shirts, hats, stickers, coffee cups, and lapel pins at www.ITMFA.org and www.impeachthemotherfuckeralready.com. And I got to mail those checks out because nearly 10,000 Savage Love readers and Savage Lovecast listeners have ordered #ITMFA gear over the last eight weeks! The best part of wearing ITMFA buttons or t-shirts or hats or lapel pins or all of the above' Or the second best part, I should say, after helping to raise money for three critically important and hugely effective organizations fighting Donald Trump' The interactions you have with friends, co-workers, neighbors, at anti-Trump marches, on the bus, etc. Because when people are going to ask you what ITMFA stands for and YOU GET TO TELL THEM it stands for 'Impeach The Mother Fucker Already!" (If there are kids around you can go with "Malicious Fascist" or "Malodorous Fart" or "Malignant Fraud.") We sell the buttons in ten packs (ten for $10) so you can share buttons with people who absolutely have to have one after they find out what it means! A post shared by dansavage (@dansavage) on Apr 18, 2017 at 10:54am PDT This morning I had the distinct pleasure of mailing off checks to Planned Parenthood ($33,333.34), the ACLU ($33,333.33) and the International Refugee Assistance Project ($33,333.33)money we raised selling ITMFA (Impeach The Mother F*cker Already) buttons, t-shirts, hats, stickers, coffee cups, and lapel pins, he wrote. For those not so interested in curse words, Savage suggested a few alternative wordings, too. If there are kids around you can go with Malicious Fascist or Malodorous Fart or Malignant Fraud, he wrote.Savage originally launched ITMFA in 2006 to support those in the fight against former President George W. Bush. He resurrected the group on Jan. 24, four days after Trumps inauguration to raise money for organizations that are standing up to the presidents agenda. I didnt think Id see a worse president than George W. Bush in my lifetime. But here we are, Savage wrote. Were in for a long and ugly four years, readers. Lets raise some money for groups fighting Trump, lets bring ITMFA back into our everyday vocabulary, and lets remember that we ' people who voted against Trump, people who want to see him out of office as quickly as possible... are the majority.In spite of the lines success, Savage isnt about to rest on his laurels. Hes now aiming to raise another$100,000 through more sales of ITMFA items so that he can make a second donation to the aforementioned organizations.True to form, Savage has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration. In March, he blasted Melania Trump on an installment of Savage Lovecast, arguing against theundeservedly charitable view many Democrats have of the first lady. Melania Trump is as ugly on the inside as she is pretty on the outside, he said, noting that the first ladys time would be best spent havinga word with her loathsome husband about his plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.Lazy day off poolside in Palm Springs, but a perfect time to debut my #ITMFA hat! All purchases benefit the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the International Refugee Project. Get yours at itmfa.org I will be shamelessly thirsty for a cause! A post shared by Emerson Collins (@emersoncollins) on Mar 13, 2017 at 5:41pm PDT For more ways to combat bigotry, check out the Queer Voices newsletter. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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