The AggreGAYtor: May 19
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 3:10PM, Mon. May 19, 2014
Gays across Africa are in trouble, civil rights get held up in multiple states, and the NFL is totally cool again, as your AggreGAYtor lets it go... again.
The Good
Schools across America are learning to accept trans kids.
Wade Davis talks Michael Sam.
Gays in Kinshasa fare better than in Kampala, for what it’s worth.
New York may be the next state to ban quack “ex-gay” therapy.
The Pentagon recognizes transgender service members, at least on this flyer.
The Bad
Arkansas weddings get shut down, for now.
Utah halts adoptions by same-sex couples, for now.
The Fugly
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh threatens to kill gay asylum seekers.
Why are Seventh Day Adventists so obsessed with sex?
Apparently Connecticut prisons have lovely cottages where teen inmates can be held in solitary without charge.
It Came from the Tubes
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