D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Everyone knows that ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away. In fact, it often makes the problem worse. Unfortunately, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams must have forgotten that when he barred New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson, the first [...]
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
On July 26 at 8:55 a.m. Donald Trump tweeted: "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……" For nine long minutes there was no followup tweet. In fact, [...]
Creep of the Week: John K. Bush
When America wakes up from the nightmare of the Donald Trump presidency — assuming we survive it, of course — we will be left with a country severely damaged by a president and a party who have no respect for democratic norms or American [...]
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
When the country's chief law enforcement officer meets with a group that toils daily to hurt LGBTQ people, that's deeply troubling. But when he goes out of his way to praise said anti-LGBTQ group, LGBTQ people have a good reason to be worried. Not [...]
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
Have you raped a rainbow today? No, that isn't from a Skittles advertisement gone wrong. It's just what LGBTQ people do. Take things away from good Christians and rape them out of spite. At least that's what Linda [...]
Creep of the Week: Vicky Hartzler
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) really doesn't like transgender people and she really, really doesn't want them serving in the military. You may remember that a year ago, the Pentagon gave the green light for trans men and women to serve. After all, [...]
Creep of the Week: Karen Handel
Another day another truly terrible person elected to Congress. America is on a roll when it comes to voting for people who are the worst. As I write this I'm in Chicago with my family during Pride. The Navy Pier Ferris wheel is lit up in rainbow [...]
Creep of the Week: Betsy DeVos
If you're a school administrator, a teacher, or even a whole school district and you want to assert your right to discriminate against some of your students FOR REASONS, you're in luck! The Education Department under Betsy DeVos ain't gonna stop [...]
Creep of the Week: Julio Severo
Julio Severo, a Brazilian writer and blogger, is super mad that America taught Brazil to be gay. In a June 12 piece on Barbwire, a website named for its unique ability to make a thinking person's brain bleed, Severo writes, "The homosexual movement [...]
Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Happy Pride Month, everybody! June is the month when the sale of rainbow merchandise skyrockets and anti-gay right wingers decry the very right of LGBTQ people to exist, let alone celebrate that existence. Case in point, Scott Lively, a man who [...]
Creep of the Week: Laurie Higgins
For my mom's 63rd birthday my sisters and I took her to Drag Queen Bingo. She won a round and ended up on stage where she very proudly proclaimed that she had five children and three of them were gay. The drag queen, Detroit's own Sabin, responded, [...]
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
As I write this I'm taking in the news of the bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. 22 confirmed dead so far. At least 59 injured. Truth be told, I don't know much about Ariana Grande. I know she's a pop star. I can't name any of her [...]