The AggreGAYtor: June 13

It gets uglier in Russia, it gets better for trans veterans, and it gets weirder in organized religion as your AggreGAYtor negotiates the dialectic.

The Good

• Remember the dead LGBT-inclusive amendment to immigration reform? It’s back.

• Anderson Cooper interviews Kristen Beck, who recently came out as a transgender veteran.

• Oh, myyyyy. George Takei takes a stand for American values by sharing his experience in a WWII internment camp.

• NPR reports on LGBT poverty. The news isn’t good, but the coverage is.

• A group of TCU researchers have figured out why you’re a slut. It’s daddy’s fault. Isn’t it always?

• Cyndi Lauper sees your true colors, and don’t you forget it.

The Bad

• Remember when Stalinist censorship and repression ruled the day in Russia? You know, before freedom? It’s back. And it’s mean.

• We aren’t sure what to make of the rumors of a “gay lobby at the Vatican,” but we’re fairly certain it involves fabulous frescoes. And maybe a water feature.

The Fugly

• The Southern Baptist Convention breaks up with the Boy Scouts of America. Weird how a denomination of independent churches based partly on the rejection of hierarchical authority can act so authoritarian, innit?

It Came from the Tubes

• Disillusioned by recent news in the Catholic and/or Protestant worlds? Maybe you should say “Hebbo!” to Tarvu.