The AggreGAYtor: November 18
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
12:25PM, Mon. Nov. 18, 2013
UT gets subversive, Hawaii gets equal, and Moscow gets dangerous, as your AggreGAYtor silently thinks, "She ratchet."
The Good
The University of Texas at Austin welcomes the Westboro clan with a pro-gay campus-wide impromptu bell chorus.
Hawaii wins the race against Illinois in signing same-sex marriage into law.
A transgender student in South Texas will be portrayed as himself in his yearbook.
The Bad
No Olympic sponsor has spoken up for Russia’s LGBTQ community, so activists are considering new tactics. Menwhile, a shooting in a Moscow gay bar happened.
The Fugly
Senator Marco Rubio doesn’t understand what voices of evil and hatred sound like.
The Cheney family remains divided against itself on marriage.
It Came From the Tubes
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