Tickled or terrified? We report. You decide.

Gohmert goes for the brass, Lively gets it in the asparagus, and Ukraine smacks the grass, as your AggreGAYtor sings with the bass.

The Good

Louie Gohmert has launched a campaign for Speaker of the House. It’s good news because it’s hilarious. It’ll be proof we’re living in Bizarro America if it comes true.

Texas gets a new marriage campaign.

Scott Lively, architect of the “kill the gays” bill, will be tried for crimes against humanity.

Haven Con is coming … all over Austin’s place.

India has elected its first transgender mayor.

The Bad

The vigil for a young trans woman’s suicide was well-attended, but we just can’t call that good news.

A trans woman in San Francisco was stabbed for being there on a bus.

The Fugly

Kid Rock used the “PC” word.

Ukrainian radicals are mirroring both Russian and American conservatives in their wild-eyed attacks on teh gay.

It Came from the Tubes

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