The AggreGAYtor: August 22

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Bulgarian ice dream Aziz
Bulgarian ice dream Aziz (by serguapos.com)

Mitt Romney gets hungry on the road, Kirk Cameron has some opinions, and Aziz gets a new modeling gig. Today’s AggreGAYtor makes me feel mighty real.

• Maybe the Mayan calendar conspiracy theorists are right. There is certainly something cataclysmic happening if Exodus International admits gays can’t be changed.

Sam the Eagle doppelgänger Brit Hume gets his Fox News talking points from the viciously anti-gay Media Research Center.

• One of Mitten’s advisors likens homosexuality to drug use. The AggreGAYtor recommends Sylvester as a gateway drug before shooting up with Jobriath.

• Nebraskan woman charged with faking hate crime. Congratulations Charlie Rogers, you are now in the hallowed company of gay minstrel act Taylor Garrett and carving charlatan Ashley Todd.

• Faith in humanity: Roanoke businesses give gay Radford University student major upgrade after repeated car vandalism.

• Mittens buys a truckload of Chick-fil-A for campaign staffers.

• The merry pranksters of Anonymous replace front page of Khamovnichesky District Court website with video from gender-variant Bulgarian superstar Aziz in protest of Pussy Riot ruling.

• Expired milk carton Kirk Cameron implores nation to not waste another minute on cryin' over Todd Akin.

• The adult in me questions an endorsement from a bastion of heteronormativity, but the kid in me is still tickled that Hugh Hefner supports gay rights.

Diana Nyad is forced to cut her Florida to Cuba swim short, remains a badass.

• Adorable 8-year old writes letter to people of Minnesota questioning why his moms can’t get married.

• Meanwhile, a Minnesotan state candidate is caught in a truck stop imbroglio.

Ayn Rand’s burn book, the GOP party platform, calls for severe restrictions for LGBTQ service members.

• West Hollywood decides to keep rainbow cross walks.

• Fort Worth mourns death of LGBTQ activist Thomas Anable.

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News, Aziz, Mitt Romney, Exodus International, Hate Crime, Anonymous, Kirk Cameron, High Hefner, Diana Nyad, GOP Platform, Thomas Anable

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