D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Tim Hardaway
Earth to straight guys: there are much easier ways for gays to see naked men in locker rooms than joining the military or becoming a pro athlete. Retired NBA guard Tim Hardaway announced Feb. 14 that he hates gay people and pretty much wants them [...]
Creep of the Week: Cardinal Adam Maida
What's popular isn't always right, and what's right isn't always popular. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, however, is both. Which is why the Catholic Church had to get rid of him. You see, Gumbleton is popular with the people. He is well liked [...]
Creep of the Week: Virginia Del. Frank Hargrove
Virginia House Delegate Frank Hargrove has taken quite a beating in the press for racist and anti-Semitic comments he made last week. Personally, I want to thank him. By speaking his racist little mind he provided concrete proof that racism and [...]
Former Detroit cop details courage and harassment in book
DETROIT – "By the time I was 16, I had formulated four goals for myself. Those goals were to become a police officer, to have a baby by natural childbirth like my Cherokee ancestors, to kiss a woman and to sky dive. Accomplishing three out of four [...]
Creep of the Week: Mike Huckabee
I have a confession to make. I love Chex Mix. I have been eating a lot of it lately. The new chocolate and peanut butter Chex Mix is amazing. I ate an entire bag for breakfast the other day. I know it isn't good for me. I know it isn't right. But I [...]
Creep of the Week: Diane Gramley
I remember it like it was yesterday. My best friend and I were sitting in our high school auditorium watching a presentation by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. I looked at her, she looked at me and we said, "Hell, why not?" She was [...]
Almodovar returns
To those who say you can't go home again, the latest film from director Pedro Almodovar is here to prove you wrong. "Volver" (which means "to return" in Spanish) stars Penelope Cruz as Raimunda, a woman doing her best to get by in a working class [...]
Creep of the Week: James Dobson
The question of the hour is, to paraphrase a nursery rhyme, "Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your baby grow?" Or, if you're James Dobson, it's "Mary Mary, godless heathen, how dare your baby grow?" For those of you too busy braving the malls, [...]
Creep of the Week: Nigeria's House of Representatives
If there's one thing gays in Nigeria have it's too many friends. Thankfully they won't have to worry about juggling their social calendars once the Nigerian house of representatives makes it illegal to hang out with a homo. Now, you can already be [...]
Creep of the Week: The House ethics committee
The verdict is in about the Mark Foley scandal: he was a bad boy and everybody knew it, but since no rules were technically broken nobody in any leadership position should be punished. The New York Times summed it up like so in a Dec. 9 editorial, [...]
Creep of the Week: Sam Brownback
Okay everyone, all together now: "Judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote!" Or at least that's the line Republicans have been feeding the American people when it comes to rubber-stamping Bush's uber-right judicial nominees. Now, however, Bush [...]
Consider this: New Christopher Guest film skewers Hollywood
"Dying is easy. Playing a lesbian is hard." Or so says the actress playing Mary Pat (Rachael Harris) in the Jewish holiday film-within-a-film "Home for Purim" in Christopher Guest's new comedy "For Your Consideration." Mary Pat's declaration is a [...]