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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.

Catholic schoolgirls rule

Poor little lesbian Annabelle. The daughter of a senator with presidential aspirations, Annabelle (Erin Kelly) has been raising hell – and making headlines – with her rebellious behavior. After being expelled once again, she lands in an all-girl [...]

Creep of the Week: U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert

It isn't fair to pin all of the blame for the whole Mark "Page Predator" Foley scandal on U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. After all, he didn't send teenage boys instant messages about wanting to peel off their boxer shorts. But he is the speaker [...]

Losing it

"20 Centimeters" Reel Pride Film Festival 9:30 p.m. Oct. 15 Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak If Pedro Almodovar had directed "Transamerica," it would have been "20 Centimeters." And it would not have been seen by nearly the number of moviegoers. Monica [...]

Creep of the Week: Mark Foley

Mark Foley Former Republican congressman Mark Foley of Florida has used the words "revolting and unforgivable" in response to rumors that he is gay. Being gay, however, isn't either one of these things. What is revolting or unforgivable is being a [...]

Creep of the Week: Dick DeVos

Dick DeVos Jennifer Granholm hasn't been a perfect governor. She hasn't pleased everyone all the time and hasn't fixed all of Michigan's problems. Thus, say Republicans, since Granholm hasn't been able to spin gold out of the straw the GOP [...]

Creep of the Week: Nancy Heche

Nancy Heche If only the new memoir by Nancy "My daughter Anne was a celebrity lesbian but I said a prayer and now she's not" Heche was called, "No, Call Me Crazy." Alas, it is not. No, Heche's book, "The Truth Comes Out, The Story of My Heart's [...]

Creep of the Week: Tom McMillin

Tom McMillin One might think the fact that there's a guy running for the state board of education who was once referred to by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson as a member of "Taliban wing of the party" would be newsworthy. Furthermore, [...]

Creep of the Week: Virginia Sen. George Allen

Come on, people. What are a few racial slurs among friends? Can't a white state senator from Virginia have a little fun at the expense of some "colored folks" any more? Thankfully, no. Especially when it's caught on tape. Sen. George Allen, a [...]

Creep of the Week: Kenneth Blackwell

If Taylor Hicks had been in charge of counting his own votes on American Idol, Americans would have rioted in the streets. After all, when Paula Abdul compromised the integrity of the competition by (maybe) sleeping with a guy who didn't have a [...]

A long 'Strange' trip

Imagine, if you will, a woman investigating her own murder 15 years after the fact. It would, of course, be impossible – that is, unless the woman survived, or unless the murder in question was a psychological one. For Terri Jentz, both are true. In [...]

Creep of the Week Guy Adams

Guy Adams Once, when my youngest sister was a toddler, I told her, "When old people smile at you, it means they want to eat you." I also told her that being strapped into the child seat in a grocery cart meant she would have to live the rest of her [...]

Creep of the week

The United States Army If there's one thing the United States Army has too many of right now it's Arabic language specialists. And it's not like that language is important or anything in today's world. Besides, even if Arabic was important, surely [...]