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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.

Marco Rubio Wants To Re-Ban Trans Service Members, Protect Military From Pronouns

I’m currently in Florida visiting my sister and my in-laws who live here for some reason. I mean, I know there are good things about Florida. But this state has elected some exceptionally terrible leaders. The people running the state are, by [...]

State Legislatures Move Ahead with Anti-Trans Bills in the Shadow of a Trans Teen’s Murder

I just read an article about the murder of Brianna Ghey, a transgender teenager found stabbed to death in a park in England. As NBC reports, Ghey had “visible stab wounds” and, just in case you didn’t think this story could get any [...]

Trump Claims Radical Left ‘Invented’ Transgender People, Vows to Ban Them From Existing

I’m about to do something I really don’t want to do. Something I have known was coming no matter what I did, yet I still tried to ignore it and hope it would go away.And yet, here we are. No matter how distasteful and abhorrent it is: [...]

Homeschool Movement Saves Kids From 'Woke' Schools by Teaching Them to Be Nazis

It’s 4:00 in the morning and I have to admit, I would much rather be sleeping than writing this column. But sometimes sleep is elusive. Too often, for me, which is not great.Also not great? The word “great.” Conservatives have made [...]

Florida’s Governor Says Books and Black History Are Too Queer for Florida Students

In Florida, teachers are no longer legally allowed to choose books for their own classroom libraries because they might choose a book that offends the delicately hateful sensibilities of Gov. Ron DeSantis.DeSantis signed a law mandating all books [...]

The Trans Comic Artist Changing Minds One Panel at a Time

Sophie Labelle has been drawing comics ever since she was a kid. As a young trans activist and student at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she wanted to create something that would be relatable to her trans friends at [...]

Drag Queens Have Become Culture War Targets. So How Exactly Are Michigan’s Drag Performers Doing?

Drag performers are used to being center stage. What showgirl doesn’t love a spotlight? Unfortunately, in 2022 drag performers nationwide were in a spotlight not of their choosing and for all the wrong reasons.Drag performers have become [...]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Saves Arkansas Children From Racism, Equips Them to Thrive in a Racist Future

Following in her father’s footsteps, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the new governor of Arkansas. Which really sucks for the people of Arkansas and isn’t good for the rest of the country, either.You’ll remember that her dad, Mike [...]

Arizona Is Pouring Energy Into Protecting Kids (From Drag Queens, Not Guns or Poverty or Pollution or...)

Arizona starts the year off right by protecting children from lace front wigs, stoned tights and faces beat for the gods!The list of threats to children in the United States is very long. Off the top of my head I can name gun violence, car accidents, [...]

James Lindsay Pre-Blaming Drag Queens for Deaths and Violence He Eagerly Awaits

I don’t have time or patience for conspiracy theorists. Especially not ones who use their convoluted logic to further a right-wing agenda, something we’ve all had a front row seat to lately. The 2020 election, clearly and definitively won [...]

Creeps Pulled Out All The Stops in 2022, But the LGBTQ+ Community Refused to Back Down

Happy New Year everybody! Except for people who made it their life’s goal to attack LGBTQ+ people. I hope your New Year sucks.2022 was much better than the two years before it (I know, it’s a low bar).We saw some historic wins by LGBTQ+ [...]

Senator Mike Lee Is Coming for Your Porn (See What We Did There?)

If you were hoping your 2023 was going to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, and filthy, you’re going to be disappointed if Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) gets his way.On Dec. 16, Lee introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA), which [...]