The AggreGAYtor: August 29
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
11:00AM, Thu. Aug. 29, 2013
Walmart gets warmer, Elisa Chan gets colder, and Pat Robertson gets crazier every day, as your AggreGAYtor gets its hair did.
The Good
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LGBTQ organizations are joining the call to push for immigration reform during the summer Congressional recess.
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Walmart is set to begin offering domestic partner benefits to many of its employees.
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Despite being widely ignored at the VMAs, LGBTQ artists and artists of color do exist – have a list.
The Bad
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There are an estimated 750 queer youth living on the streets of Atlanta.
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Transgender Americans serve in the military at double the rate of cisgender citizens, but have no policy framework to protect them.
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Elisa Chan, the San Antonio homophobe and not-pology generator, may have her sights set on the Texas Senate.
The Fugly
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Somebody told Pat Robertson about our secret AIDS jewelry bioweapon campaign.
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Despite the beautiful gestures seen at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, churchgoers in San Antonio decided they wanted to pray the gay right out of S.A.
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Rutherford County, Tennessee is not a safe and inclusive space for LGBT folk or their allies.
It Came from the Tubes
And RIP, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes:
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