The AggreGAYtor: March 7
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 9:30AM, Fri. Mar. 7, 2014
We check our teef, Francis almost makes progress, and Nigeria goes corporal, as your AggreGAYtor gets Fancy.
The Good
An Austin hate crime survivor gets a fresh grille thanks to a neighborly local dentist.
SXSW is queerer than ever.
We saw something nasty in Kilgore, Texas, but we now have legal protection from schools outing students to homophobic parents.
Pope Francis takes another step forward (but not really).
The Bad
Even if Texas is forced to recognize gay marriages, it can still fire someone for bringing a picture of their spouse to work.
Nigerians are now being whipped for being gay.
The Fawkward
Rob “Laughable Bumblefuck” Ford went on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel. Weird.
It Came from the Tubes
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