The AggreGAYtor: August 28

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

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Matthew Mitcham roams if he want to, Fox News trolls the Romney sons, and Lady Gaga records in the buff. Today’s AggreGAYtor is preparing for the coming storm.

• After a soggy start, the 2012 Gathering of the Smugalos kicks into full swing today.

• Florida gay conservatives welcome conventioneers to the Rusty Pelican. Surely that must be some sort of sexual euphemism.

• Fetid pile of dishrags One Million Moms predictably rails against NBC sitcom The New Normal, think Skittles ad promotes bestiality.

Snoop Dogg Lion is ready to embrace a gay rapper.

• Prop 8 creator nabbed for DUI.

• Prominent anti-gay activist admits to sexual assault of boys.

Fox and Friends welcomes Romney clan with "It’s Raining Men." As long as the producers are trolling, the AggreGAYtor recommends using the Village People for the next Marcus Bachmann interview.

• Egyptian LGBTQ magazine "Ehna" is forced to shut down due to security concerns.

• French President Francois Hollande carries out marriage equality pledge.

• LGBTQ protesters are gearing up for huge food fight at Chick-fil-A kickoff game.

• Olympic wet dream Matthew Mitcham debuts new mash-up.

Ira Levin’s estate revokes rights for Los Angeles production of “deathtrap” for gay content.

• California Assembly moves third parent rights bill forward.

• The Orange County Register adds insult to injury by calling transgender robbery victims "men dressed as women."

• That Lady Gaga, she’s so provocative.

Pussy Riot distance themselves from Femen topless cross cutting stunt.

• Tyler Clementi's parents leave church over homophobic beliefs.

• Everybody’s talkin’ all this stuff about her. Why can’t they just let her live?

• Local artist Jo Ann Santangelo debuts new re-edit of Austin Faces AIDS project.

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KEYWORDS FOR THIS POST

News, Republican National Convention, 2012 Elections, Hurricane Isaac, Proposition 8, Gay Republicans, Log Cabin Republicans, One Million Moms, The New Normal, Skittles, Snoop Lion, Snoop Dogg, Chick-fil-A, Transphobia, Transgender, Ira Levin, Censorship, Pussy Riot, Femen, Jo Ann Santangelo

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