The AggreGAYtor: May 8
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 9:30AM, Thu. May 8, 2014
Michael Sam goes up, the Boy Scouts go down, and Porsha Williams goes full ally, as your AggreGAYtor goes round the bend.
The Good
Michael Sam should be drafted as the first openly gay NFL player today, and he’s ready.
Porsha Williams of Real Housewives fame recants her anti-gay remarks and makes good.
The Bad
Doctors still need to get caught up on PrEP.
Engineering is not only a professional boys’ club, but as a practice, it’s only just begun acknowledging women.
Two more Ugandans face life sentences for being homosexuals.
The Fugly
The Boy Scouts of America has ejected an identical twin with identical achievements from the Eagle Scouts for being gay, despite recent policy progress.
Houston’s on the verge of passing groundbreaking LGBTQ protections, and opponents are saying all kinds of ugly sniznat.
It Came from the Tubes
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