D'Anne Witkowski
LGBTQ+ Books Are Being Attacked, But Many Are Still Being Published. Here Are 15 New Queer Titles.
In an era when books by or about LGBTQ+ people are being taken off library shelves and banned in grade schools, there’s never been a more important time to support queer literature. Remember: Representation not only matters, it saves lives. [...]
Conservatives Apply Maximum Spin to Jordan Neely Killing by White Marine, Blame Him for His Own Murder Because… Pronouns?
On May 1, Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old white man, put Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black man, in a chokehold on the subway in New York and killed him.Neely, who is reported to have been unhoused and apparently having a mental health crisis, was acting [...]
Florida Republicans Working Overtime to Make the State a Hellscape for Trans People
Things for trans and non-binary people in Florida, especially kids, are just getting worse and worse by the day.Republicans have a supermajority in Florida and the governorship. And they have been hella busy passing anti-trans bills that Gov. [...]
Hero Lawmakers Stand Up Against GOP Anti-Trans Obsession
A shout out and a “Hell yeah!” to Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt and Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh who are standing up against anti-trans hate in their states.Since February, Sen. Cavanaugh has [...]
Fox News Fires Tucker Carlson As If Nothing Is Even Sacred Anymore
It’s almost 4 in the morning and I can’t sleep. A fun part of getting older. And so I’m up reading about white nationalist Tucker Carlson being fired from Fox News.It takes a lot to shock me. But Carlson’s firing is pretty [...]
Equality Florida: Get Out While You Still Can as State Gears Up for Hot Fascist Summer
Things are heating up in Florida, and I’m not just talking about the weather. The state is gearing up for one hell of a Hot Fascist Summer.On April 16, Florida’s Voice tweeted: “Survey: Majority of 'queer parents' consider leaving [...]
West Virginia Lawmakers Scramble to Protect Women From… 12-Year-Old Becky?
Another day, another mass shooting in the United States. Actually, that’s being optimistic as there have been more mass shootings than there have been days in 2023 so far.That’s a lot. And no other country — aside from countries at [...]
Right-Wing Uproar Over Drag Queens Inspires Nazi Idiot to Firebomb Church
They say you can tell a lot about a man by what motivates him to firebomb a building. And if the man says his motivation was a drag queen story hour, that tells you he’s a Nazi.Such is the case for Aimenn Penny, a 20-year-old Ohio man who [...]
Hero Parent Challenges Christian Fascist Book Ban in the Most Epic Way Imaginable
The concerted effort to ban books that offend Christian fascist sensibilities rages on across the United States.While I suspect the 2023 numbers will be even higher, 2022 was The Year of Banned Books, according to the American Library Association, [...]
Hurricane of Hate Washes Over Florida, Delighting Republicans
I have to be honest, I have not been keeping up with the recent “Trump is going to jail" news. What I do know is that Trump is running to be prez again and that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is also going to run. It certainly feels like Trump and [...]
Log Cabin Republicans: We Hate Ourselves to Own the Libs
In the grand tradition of the Log Cabin Republicans siding with people who hate them, they have asked far-right commentator and self-proclaimed internet troll Isabella Riley Moody to be one of their 2023 Outspoken Ambassadors.LCR describes their [...]
So About Christian Conservative 'Rapper' Bryson Gray’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Diss Track: I Don’t Know Her
They say you learn something new every day, and today I learned about Bryson Gray, a rapper (I’m using that word loosely) and social commentator (using these words loosely, too) who just released an Eminem “diss” track called [...]