D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
As Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention of 1787 somebody asked him what kind of government the U.S. was going to have. "A republic," he replied. "If you can keep it." And for over 200 years we've managed to do that. Our [...]
Creep of the Week: Charmaine Yoest
President Trump's goal to fill cabinet positions only with people who are diametrically opposed to what said cabinet is supposed to do continues. This time he's tapped Charmaine Yoest to be assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of [...]
Creep of the Week: Erick Erickson
Asked by a group of high schoolers to share his thoughts about the LGBTQ community, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) said something stupid. "I know a guy who wears a tutu and goes to bars on Friday night," Enzi said, "and is always surprised that he gets [...]
Creep of the Week: Randy Thomasson
Remember when you got your driver's license and under "Gender" you had to choose Male, Female, or AIDS? Of course you don't, because three gender options don't exist on a driver's license form. Yet. But California might change that. A bill in the [...]
Creep of the Week: Alex Jones
If you don't know who Alex Jones is, consider yourself lucky. Picture a mentally unstable person boiling over in rage and ranting about conspiracy theories on a street corner. That's Alex Jones, except instead of a street corner, he has his own [...]
Creep of the Week: Mark Green
Trump continues his tradition of filling posts in his cabinet with people who are actively opposed to LGBT people having rights or even being called people. He's really giving the George W. Bush administration a run for its money. Flash back with [...]
Creep of the Week: Ramzan Kadyrov
File under: More bad news about Russia. I know, I know. It seems like every time you turn around there's yet another news story about Russia. It's hard to keep up. And to all of the Trump apologists who shrug off the growing evidence of Russia not [...]
RuPaul is back and hotter than ever
In the early 90's RuPaul burst on the pop culture scene with attitude, verve, and the best legs on either side of the gender line. RuPaul quickly became America's ambassador "Supermodel to the World" and had everyone shaking their ass to the huge [...]
Creep of the Week: Roger Severino
Honestly, it's hard to keep up. Even with so many positions in the Trump Administration left unfilled, he's still stacking the deck with swamp monsters. It seems like, in order to work in this administration, you have to have an utter disdain for [...]
Creep of the Week: Tom Price
Did you know that LGBTQ people get old? If you're a religious fundamentalist you might not since you believe that all LGBTQ people die of AIDS in their 20's because God hates them. But if you believe that LGBTQ people are, well, people, and also [...]
Creep of the Week: Steve King
We all remember back in the 1850's when a well-known politician famously said about the influx of Irish immigrants to the United States, "Culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies." For [...]