D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Tucker Carlson
Say what you want about the state of gay rights in this country, but at least we're in an age where you would never see three right-wing pundits laughing about how one of them beat up a queer as a teenager on national television. Oh, wait. Did I say [...]
Armed with a six string - and not afraid to use it
Natalia Zukerman with Nervous But Excited 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 The Ark, Ann Arbor http://www.nataliazukerman.com Natalia Zukerman plays the hell out of the guitar. What, exactly, she plays isn't clear. Call it folk, if you will. Or rock. Or jazz. Or [...]
Creep Of The Week: Senator Larry Craig
Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Poor Larry Craig. Having a solidly anti-gay congressional record wasn't enough to save him when he was caught propositioning an undercover officer in an airport men's room. When news of his arrest broke, Republicans [...]
The name game
ANN ARBOR – It's a rare and lucky person who says that not only do they like where they work, but they like what they do. Jackie Simpson, the director of the University of Michigan's Office of LGBT Affairs, is one of those lucky people. "I like it [...]
Creep of the Week: Family Council of Arkansas
Family Council of Arkansas There's a line in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" that comes to mind whenever I read about right-wing ploys to ban gay and lesbian couples from adopting children: "Isn't it pretty to think so?" Without going into a [...]
Fluid exchange
When most people hear the term "lesbian," they're more likely to think of things like folk music, Ellen DeGeneres, "The L Word" and tennis than they are to think of sperm. After all, lesbians are hardly the most likely suspects when it comes to [...]
Creep of the Week: High Point Church
Say what you want about Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church. Sure their message is despicable, but at least they make themselves clear. No gays or their families are given false hopes that they may be treated like human beings there. The [...]
Putting the 'fun' in funeral
Looking for a good time? Try a funeral. In England. With a midget. Some blackmail. And hallucinogenic drugs. Funerals rarely bring out the best in people. Grief is rarely flattering. The new British comedy "Death at a Funeral" by director Frank Oz [...]
Creep of the Week: Bob Allen
In other words, Allen, a publicly elected official, would rather the public see him as a racist than as a homo. While it may seem like only yesterday that Florida Rep. Bob Allen was Creep of the Week, in reality it was two whole weeks ago. Not last [...]
Creep of the Week Jim Naugle
Imagine this: you're not feeling well. Perhaps you're lactose intolerant and, against your better judgment, just finished off an ice cream sundae – because, hey, it's summer, it's hot, and you only live once, right? But now you need a bathroom and [...]
Creep of the Week: Bob Allen
{HEADER} Anti-gay Republicans are dropping their pants – or, in this case, asking others to drop theirs – so fast I can barely keep up. Florida Rep. Bob Allen was arrested on July 11 after knocking on a restroom stall door in a public park and [...]
High on life
Lesbians On Ecstasy Hip Hop at High Noon, Aug. 10 Hart, Mich. Yep, they're called Lesbians On Ecstasy. No, they're not a bunch of dykes on drugs. They are four women from Montreal who see no reason why "womyn's music" need be restricted to folkie [...]