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D'Anne Witkowski

D'Anne Witkowski is a writer living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBTQ+ politics for nearly two decades. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

Caitlyn Jenner Throws Her MAGA Hat Into the Ring for California Governor

Congratulations, everyone! We did it! Anti-LGBTQ+ bias is over and done now that Caitlyn Jenner is running to be California's next governor! If we've learned anything from these past four years, it's that putting a completely unqualified ego-maniac [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Trans Hero Building Trans Women Homes Who Gal Gadot Calls a 'Woman of Wonder'

Home is where the heart is, but sadly too many people are heartless when it comes to those who are homeless. Especially when those people are trans women of color. Ten years ago when Kayla Gore experienced homelessness and needed emergency shelter, [...]

Republicans Using Trans Kids as Political Pawns While a Pandemic Rages On

Greetings from a pandemic that is still ongoing and getting worse in places. Here is a public service announcement: you don't need to be eating inside of restaurants right now even if your state says it's OK. It is a bad idea! Other bad ideas [...]

South Dakota Governor Who Let Hundreds Die Mad About Gay Satan Shoes

To create the right kind of atmosphere in order to write this I have all the lights off and am using a black background instead of a white one on my computer. I'm also burning a candle and listening to heavy metal. Mind you, I have the lights off [...]

Dale Versus Goliath: How a Trans Auto Entrepreneur Took on the Big Three

It's the early 1970s in the U.S. There is an energy crisis with long lines at gas pumps, fuel rationing and station owners posting signs declaring that they're "bone dry." All this at a time when Detroit-born-and-bred muscle cars like the Ford [...]

Creep of the Week: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson

Arkansas is auditioning hard to become America's biggest nightmare state. There is a lot of creepy stuff afoot right now. Across the country, Republicans are passing anti-voting legislation because they know they can't win on their ideas, especially [...]

Creep of the Week: The Pope Says 'NOPE' to Marriage Equality

It's been one hell of a week. First, the good news. Vaccine distribution is going great! Hooray! Go get stabbed when it's your turn! I can't wait! So many exclamation marks!!! Then the bad news. More state Republicans are pushing forward with [...]

Creep of the Week: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves

Thousands of people in Jackson, Mississippi, were without water for weeks following winter storms that also wreaked havoc in Texas, revealing huge infrastructure failures. Thankfully, both Texas and Mississippi have responded with the only thing [...]

Yes, It Is Transphobic to Declare Yourself Super Straight

So apparently a child with a mustache posted a video on TikTok declaring that he's "made a new sexuality" called super straight? That, according to him, means he doesn't date transgender women because they aren't "real women," but you can't call him [...]

No, Mr. Potato Head Isn't Transgender. Yes, Conservatives Are Very Fragile People.

When Mr. Potato Head first appeared on the market in 1952, the toy was very different from the smiling plastic orb we see in the "Toy Story" movie. The original Mr. Potato Head was basically a box of body and face parts with sharp prongs on the back [...]

Creep of the Week: Electing People Who Aren't Hateful Ghouls Makes All the Difference

Hip, hip, hooray! The U.S. House passed The Equality Act! We're all equal now! There's no more hate, no more homophobia, no more Marjorie Taylor Greene! OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But the Equality Act amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to [...]

Crys Matthews Calls On Black Lives Matter Allies to Join Her Army of Lovers

On Jan. 6 when the United States Capitol was being attacked by terrorists, Crys Matthews, who calls D.C. home, was in the recording studio in Bethesda, Maryland. Close, but a safe distance from the violence. "It was a short studio day that day," [...]