D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
Last week the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey that found Americans caring a lot more about things related to their pocketbooks and mortgages than whether a guy was marrying another guy. But surely they didn't take into account [...]
Creep of the Week: Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher
Ah, Joe the Plumber. That quintessential everyman all good Americans strive to be: hardworking, heterosexual, white male, and strongly opinionated without any idea what he's talking about (aka Republican). Not only can the man snake a toilet, he has [...]
Creep of the Week: Matt Barber
Ever since Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced that he is retiring, the blogosphere has been abuzz about whom President Obama will appoint to replace him. Much buzz in particular has been surrounding the names Kathleen Sullivan and Pam [...]
Creep of the Week: Virginia Foxx
Was the murder of Matthew Shepard a hoax? Is he actually alive and well, hanging out with Elvis, perhaps? My, what a scandal! Thank you Virginia Foxx, Republican Representative from North Carolina, for bringing this matter to our national [...]
Creep of the Week: Maggie Gallagher
I was talking to a friend of mine who was bemoaning the lack of cogent arguments against issues like marriage equality and second-parent adoption. She's an Ivy League law school graduate who currently represents a rather liberal district in [...]
Creep of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense
Good news for ex-cons! Is a little thing like a burglary or vehicular manslaughter charge getting in the way of your career? Well, fear not. The United States Military welcomes you with open arms. Unless, of course, you're gay. No, gay simply will [...]
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
It's no secret that anti-gay right wingers are obsessed with sex. No doubt folks like Tony Perkins, Don Wildmon and Maggie Gallagher think about your sex life more than you do (and yet gays are supposedly the sex obsessed perverts). So when the [...]
Creep of the Week: Bob Peters
I wish I could say I was shocked about the recent shooting of 17 people in Binghamton, New York. But I live in America, where gun laws are lax and gun ownership is considered a sacred right. Granted, Americans don't want shooting rampages to happen, [...]
FBI reports increasing anti-gay hate crime rate
New information from the FBI shows that hate crime based on sexual orientation increased in 2003. The FBI's "Hate Crime Statistics 2003" reports 1,430 hate crimes based on sexual orientation, putting this category at the second highest after race [...]
Hear Me OUT
Funky ABBA by Nils Landgren (Jusin Time Records)Funk, R&B, and hip-hop isn't usually what one associates with ABBA, the Swedish pop band of the 70s who brought the world sugary-sweet yet strangely timeless songs like "Dancing Queen." Nils [...]
Lesbian laughs this weekend at Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase
It's a great weekend for lesbian stand-up comics Dec. 9-11 at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Headlining is the hilarious Elvira Kurt with a special guest appearence by local comic and Affirmations executive director Leslie Thompson on Thursday, Dec. [...]
Creep of the Week: Steve King
Iowa. Corn growing, homo loving Iowa. Who would have thought? Certainly not U.S. Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican with glowing rating on the joint Family Research Council Action/Focus on the Family Action Congressional Scorecard. No, something [...]