CPAC speaker declares, “Transgenderism must be eradicated” — If there was ever any question that queer and trans folk in America are in a struggle for our survival, a bigoted tirade delivered last weekend at the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee should put all lingering doubts to rest. In today’s America, hatred no longer hides…

That’s how it feels most of the time, anyway. — I’m not normal, nor have I ever aspired to be. I could never check off a sufficient number of boxes to be considered a certain “type.” I can’t recall ever starting a sentence with, “I’m the kind of person who…” While I understand why folks — especially the marginalized, disadvantaged or differently abled — express a sincere desire to live…

The former VP’s newly announced campaign seeks to eliminate an essential resource for Iowa’s trans students. — We’ll start with the good news. With a hideous rash of “Don’t Say Gay” and trans-quashing laws breaking out across America, a single candle of compassion flickers smack dab in the center of the spreading darkness. Last year, the Linn-Mar Community School District (near Cedar Rapids, Iowa) elected to buck the shameful national homophobic/transphobic trend. …

Missouri State Senator Mike Moon is on a mission — I’m old enough to remember a certain religious cult. Officially named The Unification Church, “The Moonies” were nicknamed after their founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who claimed to be Jesus incarnate, brought to Earth to “implant God’s heart of love in his followers.” …

How far to the right can the Republican ship lean before it capsizes? — Another year remains before the opening of the 2024 presidential primary season. Yet, Republican candidates (whether declared or “just testing the water”) are already fully engaged in a competition for the dubious title of their party’s “#1 Bigot.” Just when reasonable folks assume the GOP couldn’t possibly tip its ship…

Irony bites the Florida Governor in his lily-white ass — Republican Florida Governor and POTUS wanna-be Ron DeSantis originally justified purging an advanced placement Black History course from his state’s public high school curriculum by claiming that such study lacked educational value. Now, the Sunshine State Mussolini has doubled down on his bigoted rhetoric by tossing another bogeyman into the…

Is this really what they were elected to do? — What are Republicans concerned about? And, what are their elected representatives spending their attention, time, and public tax dollars on? Well, it seems quite obvious. It’s not the continuing escalation of gun violence… mass shooting after mass shooting using easily accessible military-grade weapons and high capacity magazines, first-graders shooting their teachers, and/or spurned teenagers putting…

“Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk…” claims GOP staffer. Matt Schlapp is a Fox News commentator and a lobbyist who had strong ties to the Trump administration. He is the chairman of the American Conservative Union, sponsor of the annual right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Schlapp exudes…

Amongst George Santos’ litany of lies, this one is SO unimportant! — A person could hypothesize till the cows come home about why newly elected Rep. George Santos (R-NY) invented such a plethora of fabrications during his recent congressional campaign. And, it seems that a lot of journalists and pundits have been doing exactly that. Santos misrepresented details about his education, his…