The Olympics get steamy, Rob Halford champs at the bit, and the Big Wheel keeps on turning. Today’s AggreGAYtor really, really, really wants to zigazig ahh.
• It’s official: marriage equality language is in Democratic Party platform.
• The Log Cabin Republicans get a seat at the table for the GOP platform process. The Koch-suckers of GOProud claim they sat there first.
• Meanwhile, a lesbian servicewoman is not granted the same respect.
• California moves closer to banning conversion therapy.
• Best notify their next of kin; Facebook explodes as Seattle’s Great Wheel operator is accused of homophobia.
• Lebanese doctors outlaw anal exam to check for homosexuality.
• Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford is just tickled pink about the Chick-fil-A fracas.
• Some participants of New Hampshire Pride are less amused. Chick-fil-A sponsorship causes rift in LGBTQ community.
• New law restricts Westboro Church style protests as military funerals.
• Reese Witherspoon goes after Doris Day’s legacy in reviving the beard genre.
• The Williams Institute is concerned that voter ID laws will disenfranchise gender diverse communities.
• The AggreGAYtor is not ashamed to say he went verklempt while watching Pinoe (that’s Megan Rapinoe for the uninitiated) win the gold in women’s soccer.
• A gold medal might make a nice wedding present for Olympic basketball star Seimone Augustus.
• Ukelele-playing Olympian Matthew Mitcham promises to dive naked if he takes home the gold.
• Water is the essence of wetness: Jezebel has a stroke-by-stroke round-up of the Olympic swimming gay fan-fic.
• We got Em in the place who likes it in your face. The Spice Girls reunite to bid farewell to the Queerlympics.
• Sign of the times: Utah detour hacked to display homophobic message.
• A gay man’s letter to his Romney-supporting dad becomes Reddit sensation.
• Germany moves closer to LGBTQ equality.
• Missisippi museum decides to stop living in the past and repeals anti-gay marriage policy.
• California assemblywoman gets a queer language lesson.
• Literary spittoon Bret Easton Ellis runs into trouble in West Hollywood.
• Conservative magazine gets sneaky with Chick-fil-A poll.
• I’m not calling anyone copy cats, but Austin had the Chick-for-gays concept first.
• Investigative “reporter” roams Austin looking for gay food.
• Today is the last day to get your nominations in for Austin Pride’s Grand Marshall.
This article appears in August 10 • 2012.