D'Anne Witkowski
The Trump Administration Is Erasing Transgender People in the Past and in the Present
Greetings from New Orleans. I’m writing this at my dearest friend’s house in Algiers Point. I have to admit, I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of getting on a plane with the looming prospect of Elon Musk and his Teen Fascism Brigade [...]
The New York Times Is Complicit in Trump’s War on Transgender People
I’d like to give a very special fuck you to The New York Times and all of the other major newspapers that went out of their way to get Donald Trump elected. Article after article, the Times positioned Trump like a sane and reasonable choice for [...]
Democrats Counter Republican Screams with Cowardly Silence
I’m watching the United States fall to fascism in real time and yet the alarm bell that I, and so many others, are ringing is being ignored by the majority of the country. Republicans are all-in on Team Fascism. That’s a lost cause. But [...]
Trump Waves Magic Marker to Try to Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Trans People
It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of anti LGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upon taking office, Trump wasted no time signing executive orders to hurt as many marginalized people as possible.On Inauguration Day [...]
The Trump Administration Has Declared War on Trans People. Fight Back.
Well, it’s happening. As I write this, the absolute worst president of my lifetime (and quite possibly ever!) is being sworn in to do the job again. At least I’m assuming it’s happening. I’m not watching it on TV because I [...]
Mark Zuckerberg Makes Facebook a 'Safe Space' for MAGA
Once upon a time, surf mime and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago and then it was OK to use slurs against LGBTQ+ people on Facebook and Instagram again. Hooray for freedom!Zuckerberg wasted no time making major changes to [...]
One Million Moms Declare War on ‘Wicked’ Because It's a Little Queer
I’m writing this on Jan. 6, 2025, the day Congress is to certify the election of Donald Trump for a second term. Noticeably absent from the United States Capitol? Progressive rioters scaling the building and breaking in for the purpose of [...]
The D in Democrat Stands for Disappointment
By the time you’re reading this, 2024 will be nestled in the dumpster of history, being nibbled on by rats. I’d say good riddance, if we weren’t heading into 2025, the year Trump takes office again and inevitably makes everything [...]
Trump’s Day 1 Priority: Hurting Transgender People and Their Families
On Sunday, Dec. 22, Donald Trump spoke at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest, which is a who’s who of creeps. To the audience of right-wing extremists Trump said, “With the stroke of my pen, on Day 1, we’re going to stop [...]
We Must Be Louder Than Hate: Drown Out the Trump’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric with Love
As I write this, I’m learning that there’s been a shooting at yet another school in the United States. This time in Wisconsin. Reportedly a 15-year-old student shot and killed a teacher and a student and then herself. Other students were [...]
Teacher to School District: ‘Not Today, Bigots,’ Sues Over Book Banning Policy
When I was in my 20s, I did not see a future where marriage equality would be legal. I did not think I would ever have legal recognition of my relationship with my wife. When we had a child together in 2009, I was not especially hopeful that I would [...]
Kirk Cameron Hopes to Put Kids to Sleep with Evangelical Iguana
When I was an adolescent, obsessed with the New Kids On The Block and poring over teen magazines, I saw a lot of Kirk Cameron, star of the TV series “Growing Pains.” Curly-haired and baby-faced, he was the king of magazines like 16 and [...]