D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Rep. Dennis Richardson
Okay, let's do a quick exercise in association. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Virginia Tech shooting? If you said "gay rights" then you might be Oregon Rep. Dennis Richardson (R- Central Point). Confused? Well, apparently [...]
Creep of the Week: Robert E. Jackson
When Steve Stanton, former city manager of Largo, Florida, announced in February his intention to transition to a woman, the City Commission voted 5-2 to fire him. He was, according to them, no longer capable of doing the job he'd held for 14 years. [...]
Creep of the Week: National Abstinence Education Association
Flash back to 1991. The soundtrack? "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour, a one-hit-wonder dance-pop act. Over a throbbing beat a deep manly voice asks, "Have you noticed that people are still having sex? All the denouncement had absolutely no [...]
Creep of the Week: Alliance Defense Fund
If a school were to, say, participate in a national event that sought to shed light on anti-Semitism, should that school welcome a neo-Nazi to make a counter speech? Should schools allow KKK members to speak during black history month? Yes, if you [...]
Creep of the Week: Sgt. Marcia Ramode
The United States Military wants YOU. Unless you're black and gay. Then you can "go back to Africa and do your gay voodoo limbo tango and wango dance." Of course, a military recruiter would never write such a thing to a person they've tried to [...]
FMA dies in U.S. House
FARMINGTON HILLS – The Federal Marriage Amendment, a.k.a. The Federal Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J. Res. 106), died a timely death by a U.S. House vote of 227-186 Sept. 30 (the amendment needed the support of 2/3 of the House to be passed). [...]
Iraq war touches LGBT community
WATERFORD – With the toll of American lives lost in Iraq now over 1,000, parents of those in the service fear that visit from military personnel to deliver news that their worst nightmare has come true. On the morning of Nov. 23, 2003 Pat McLatcher [...]
Creep of the Week: John McCain
How do you stump Senator John McCain? Well, you could ask him what God looks like. Or ask him to describe the sound of one hand clapping. Or how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop. Or you could just ask him what a [...]
Girl meets girl, and boy
Don't let the title fool you. "Puccini For Beginners" isn't about opera. It's about threesomes. Sort of. The film, a self-described "sophisticated screwball sex comedy" by Maria Maggenti (the woman behind "The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls [...]
U-M student injured in anti-gay attack
ANN ARBOR – Ann Arbor police are looking for information related to an attack against a 23-year-old University of Michigan student that occurred March 10. According to the Ann Arbor News, the student "suffered a chipped tooth, possible broken nose [...]
Creep of the Week: Gen. Peter Pace
Unless you've been living in an undisclosed location with Dick Cheney, you've probably heard about the shit storm kicked up when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace called homosexuality "immoral" a couple weeks ago. More [...]
Creep of the Week: Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter is class in a glass – and only because both words contain the word "ass." Okay, lame joke, but it doesn't hold a candle (or, as she might quip, a flaming "faggot rag-head 9-11 widow") to Coulter's latest attempt at stand-up. Why Coulter [...]