The AggreGAYtor: January 23
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
10:00AM, Thu. Jan. 23, 2014
Putin gets disputed, Nixon calls for equality, and a whole lot of crazypants goes out on the line, as your AggreGAYtor elopes to Vegas in Space.
The Good
Austin City Council may soon be investing some queer dollars in the LGBTQ community.
A retired Texas pastor has performed a same-sex marriage, despite church and state bans.
Will President Obama mention our queer nation in the State of the Nation address? We hope so.
Texas will likely have to change its anti-marriage legal climate before it changes its political climate.
Missouri Governor Nixon calls for an end to all discrimination in his state.
The Bad
Somehow that weird and/or fake story about a trans woman sexually harassing old ladies in dressing rooms is still causing concern.
The Fugly
...because when we think of traditional marriage, we think of Nevada.
Autism and dementia are punishments from God for being nice to queer folk. Okay.
Putin’s facts may be the only things about him that aren’t suuuper straight.
If Western queers would just go back in the closet, they’d stop persecuting us in the East/South.
It Came from the Tubes
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