One question persisted before the first showing though: “Would people come to watch porn like their grandparents did like with Deep Throat?” Savage says. He challenged his readers to submit amateur porn starring none other than themselves, and the entries were so good that they decided to put on a festival in Seattle. HUMP! started in 2005 “as a joke, kind of like my career and my whole life,” Savage says. “We’re not worried.” Writer, media pundit and It Gets Better Project co-creator Dan Savage. “The Bible Belt has the highest levels of watching porn, so we know you guys are lapping this stuff up,” Savage tells The GA Voice. And he’s not worried about bringing this kind of production to the south, either. The gay internationally syndicated sex advice columnist, media pundit and co-creator of the It Gets Better Project debuts his amateur porn festival HUMP! in Atlanta on May 30 and 31 at The Plaza Theater. Dan Savage once let everyone know that “It Gets Better.” He’s about to let Atlanta know it gets dirtier.