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Creep of the Week

Super Bowl Halftime Show Gave Trump a Bunny Ache 

How about that Super Bowl halftime show? Amazing, right? Bad Bunny managed to create a microcosm of Puerto Rico right there on the football field complete with [...]

By D'Anne Witkowski
Creep Feb 5 2026
Creep of the Week

Greater Than Is Equal To Trashing Queer Families

Big announcement everyone! ICE, the masked paramilitary force that is terrorizing neighborhoods and executing people in the street with the full support of the [...]

By D'Anne Witkowski
(clockwise from top) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) ,Don Davis (N.C.) and Jared Golden (Maine), voted with Republicans on Jan. 22, two weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE and days before Alex Pretti was killed by a customs and border agent, to pass a $64.4 billion Department of Homeland Security funding bill that includes approximately $10 billion for ICE. The measure passed 220-207 and was part of a broader $1.2 trillion spending package to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline. Official U.S. House of Representatives portraits
Creep of the Week

Are There Any Democrats Left? Left of Bill Kristol, That Is?

Turns out the majority of the country thinks that ICE sucks. I’ve got people with whom I agree about very little writing things like, “[ICE and CPB [...]

By D'Anne Witkowski
Apocalypse
Creep of the Week

Don’t Worry. The Trump Presidency Is Just a Distraction From the Impending Apocalypse.

“Transgender for everyone.” I keep thinking of this bizarre and oddly worded claim by President Trump. A claim he’s made many times.What would [...]

By D'Anne Witkowski
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Trans Lucent

Manufactured Outrage: Trans Athlete Complaint Reveals Coordinated Attack on Michigan Student

A cisgender girl who never saw a trans teammate in the locker room claims privacy violation, and Michigan's latest sports battle heads to court. I try hard to [...]

By Anni Arbour
Renee Good
Creep of the Week

Abolish ICE for Good

I have been dreading writing this column all week. There are so many things I’d rather be doing: laundry, taxes, prepping for a colonoscopy. I just really [...]

By D'Anne Witkowski

Michigan

Adam Hollier Online

Adam Hollier Returns to Senate Race With Trans Women of Color as His North Star

In a bid to return to the State Senate, one candidate makes equity and justice for trans women of color his “North Star.” Adam Hollier, a former [...]

By Nick Fulton
Members of the Intergeneration Queer Conversation Book Club planning committee meet in the Upper Peninsula (left to right: Kaitlyn Bamm, Jake Clifton, Marna Franson, Carrie Fiocchi). Courtesy photo

Building (Rainbow) Bridges Across Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Midway through our Zoom interview, Carrie Fiocchi's screen freezes. She's calling from a local library in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the internet there has [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt
Max Morefield (KISS App), Sierra Lambert (Gig-L) and Mark Thiesmeyer Hook (Align Athlete) speaking with Pride Source on camera about their entrepreneurial efforts.

The Relentless Drive Behind LGBTQ+ Tech Innovation in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor SPARK supports entrepreneurs and startups throughout Washtenaw County with mentorship, funding and accelerator programs. This is part four of our [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt

Fired for Officiating a Same-Sex Wedding, Calvin Professor’s Case Reaches Michigan Supreme Court

After Joseph Kuilema, now a professor of social work at Grand Valley State University, was fired in 2022 from his post at the private Christian college Calvin [...]

By Katherine Dailey

How The Ringwald's 'Somewhere' Echoes 1959 Displacement in an Era of ICE Raids 

In 1959, a thriving Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City's San Juan Hill faced demolition to make way for Lincoln Center. The residents were given no [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt

Trans TikToker Zaya Perysian on Suing Trump, Michigan Roots and Why Visibility Matters

At 23, Zaya Perysian has brand deals, 5 million TikTok followers and an active lawsuit against the president of the United States. The West Michigan native is [...]

By Chris Azzopardi
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