D'Anne Witkowski
Let's All Read 'Maus' and Punch Nazis in the Figurative Face at the Literal Ballot Box
Great news, everyone! “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust, is a bestseller 30 years after it was first published! In the book, Spiegelman, the son of a Holocaust survivor, depicts Jews as mice and Nazis as [...]
The Ghost Of My Dad Possessed Joe Biden (and Matt Gaetz Is A Stupid S.O.B.)
A wise man once said, “What a stupid son of a bitch.” And that wise man was President Joe Biden, talking about Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.I have watched the video several times because this particular moment reminds me [...]
Sir Apocalypse to Help Heat Up Sex-Positive Detroit Winter Pride Event Spotlighting Kink Culture
Walter Houston loves listening to Motown music just like anyone who was born and raised in Detroit would. But when he’s ready to play, you’ll find him cranking up some Judas Priest, Kiss and Alice Cooper.“When I’m playing, I [...]
During National Blood Shortage, FDA Still Calls Gay Blood 'Icky'
Are straight people OK? And before you answer, just let me say: No. No, they are not.Case in point: I just read an article about how there is a national blood supply shortage and then minutes later came across an article about Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) [...]
Michigan Teacher Who Claims He Was Fired for Being Gay Files Complaint with EEOC
When Mohamed Abdou was on the airplane taking a one-way flight from Egypt to the United States, he had a vision of what his future here might look like: “In six years I would find a boyfriend and start a family and have a little kid,” he [...]
Anti-LGBTQ Preacher Wants to Press Hot Gay Buttons
It’s 2022! Happy New Year, everybody! As we face 2022 there are some hot button questions that I know you’re dying to get answers to:Will COVID-19 ever end?Will U.S. Democracy be trashed like a used surgical mask before the year is [...]
Celebrating the Rich History of Drag Elders in Ann Arbor
It took Donna Personna a long time to get up the nerve to put on a dress.“It took me 59 years to have the bravery to be who I really feel that I am: a female, a woman, a girl,” she tells Pride Source by phone from her home in San [...]
Golden Con in Chicago Will Thank You For Being a Fan, and Honor Betty White's Life and Legacy in the Process
Zack Hudson is not a "Golden Girls" fan. Nope. When it comes to the sitcom featuring four women of a certain age living together in Miami that aired from 1985 to 1992 (but we don't have to tell you that), Zack Hudson is a superfan.“I’d [...]
Former Lt. Gov. of NY, Betsy McCaughey, Shares Regressive Views on 'Transgender Militants,' Explains All the 'Cool' Kids in School Are LGBTQ+
I discovered a really cool book over the weekend called "Bodies Are Cool" by Tyler Feder. My sister bought a copy for her daughter, who is almost 2. It is one of her favorite books, second only to "Wheels on the Bus," with which she has a fanatical [...]
These Ann Arbor Artists and Longtime Partners Are Sharing an Exhibit For the First Time
Art brought John Gutoskey and Peter Sparling together 31 years ago. Sparling was teaching dance at the University of Michigan. Gutoskey ran the costume shop in the university's theater department. "Anybody who wanted to borrow costumes had to go [...]
There Are More Guns Than People in the U.S. — Republicans Call This a 'Good Start'
These are dark times. The Supreme Court is going to either overturn or completely gut Roe v Wade, making abortion illegal, or at least impossible to get, in states across the country. We're still in a pandemic which has killed well over [...]
Funeral Held in Michigan For Former Plymouth Local, 26-Year-Old Suraj Mahadeva, a Queer Man Shot and Killed in Chicago
A funeral mass was held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Canton on Dec. 21 for Suraj Mahadeva, a 26-year-old former Plymouth resident who was shot and killed on Dec. 11. Various news outlets report that Mahadeva was standing in front of a [...]