The AggreGAYtor: April 17

Your dose of LGBTQIA news

Pat Buchanan shows his fist of justice
Pat Buchanan shows his fist of justice (by thinkprogess.org)

New Zealand legalizes marriage equality, Pat Buchanan calls for civil unrest, and Ban Ki-moon respectfully disagrees. In the place of a Dark Lord you would have today's AggreGAYtor.

Congratulations seem to be in order for Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, although they should probably skip the ring.

• A new study has revealed that bisexual men are more jealous when they date women.

Pat Buchanan is calling for "new era of civil disobedience" against LGBT rights. He's starting right now by pouting.

• Call it a hunch, but it doesn't seem that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be having brunch with Buchanan any time soon.

• Like poop in a dog park, so are the days of the Westboro Baptist Church's lives.

• Health officials are concerned after a second West Hollywood gay man has died of bacterial meningitis.

• GetEQUAL state co-coordinator Michael Diviesti is expecting up to 20 arrests to occur as a result of the group's planned ENDA actions.

• Today, Texas Sen. Jose Rodriguez is expected to call for state sodomy laws to finally be removed from the books.

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