The AggreGAYtor: June 27
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
9:05AM, Thu. Jun. 27, 2013
Wendy Davis and Texas women stand up and fight back, SCOTUS gives love some love, and Louie Gohmert, well, does that Gohmert thing. As your AggreGAYtor agitates the props.
The Good
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SCOTUS overturns DOMA and California’s Proposition 8 citing equal protections – we’re a protected class, y’all!
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Texas liberals exist, and, with Senator Wendy Davis, have defeated extremist Senate Bill 5.
The Bad
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Yesterday’s Voting Rights Act decision by the Supreme Court has LGBT groups riled.
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40 years after ‘mental illness’ reclassification, LGBTQ physical and mental health is still an issue.
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Texas drag icon Whitney Paige has died.
The Fugly
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Our opponents exhibit the stages of grief over our marriage victories.
It Came from the Tubes
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