The AggreGAYtor: March 18
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 8:00AM, Wed. Mar. 18, 2015
The Supremes get another case, West Virginia plays nice, and Florida plays dirty, as your AggreGAYtor gives Oklahoma the side eye.
The Good
SCOTUS may hear a case on transgender inmate medical care.
West Virginia shows a little common decency and shuts down anti-LGBTQ bills.
The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade let in a queer group; folks are kinda happy.
TransParent star Jeffrey Tambour has opened up about taking the part.
Our Gay Place web page has gotten a redesign and an upgrade and is ready to share all it knows about SXSW.
The Bad
Florida’s bathroom bill comes one step closer to passage.
The Texas National Guard to queer national guardspeople: “Oops.”
Freedom from discrimination is still coming in second to freedom to marry in terms of priority.
The “American Family Association” is attacking Planet Fitness for its ‘no judgment’ policy.
The Fugly
As liberal religious groups make, well, progress, conservative groups rage into apoplexy.
Will Farrell and Kevin Hart have a big new comedy about prison rape.
It Came from the Tubes
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