The AggreGAYtor: October 12
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
By Brandon Watson, 3:00PM, Fri. Oct. 12, 2012
Sally Ride is a medical breakthrough, Madonna goes on trial, and Kirk Cameron has a persecution complex. Stop, collaborate, and listen. Today’s AggreGAYtor is back with a brand-new invention.
• Asheville gay couple brutally attacked but there are no anti-gay hate crimes in South Carolina.
• Kirk Cameron is the Sarah Palin of child actors.
• Little-known pop singer Madge Ciccone has been furiously watching A Few Good Men in preparation for her Russian “gay propaganda” trail.
• In a bold step towards the cure, the Family Research Institute reveals that lesbianism causes pancreatic cancer.
• Meanwhile Saudi religious reveal that female driving causes lesbianism. Nobel competition just got serious.
• Rupert Everett, the Brett Easton Ellis of Engerland, takes the Olympics to task for lack of gay people despite record out athletes.
• The Anoka Minnesota Halloween committee hides behind excuses in denying LGBTQ youth group a spot in parade.
• Here’s an example of a story where identity is important: Congratulations to Susan Stanton BTW.
• And here’s an example of a story where identity has to do fuck all with the lede.
• Uncle Poodle: everyman.
• Pastor Jack Cockamamiehakimian worries about the “gay mafia.”
• Like those smug green pigs in Angry Birds, old women and gay dudes are obsessed with stealing eggs.
• Millions of conservabots self-destruct while contemplating which side to take in PETA vs. Atlanta Pride scuffle.
• Angela McCaskill, Gallaudet University’s former Chief Diversity Officer, believes that achieving departmental goals starts with taking away people’s rights.
• Chris Kluwe continues to be crush worthy.
• New web network Guava World enters LGBT programming market<. Who are they calling a fruit?
• Physician – cure thyself.
• Bartender is bashed outside Fort Worth’s Rainbow Lounge.
• Dallas hospital enacts super secret transgender policy after patient complaint.
LGBTQIA HISTORY CLUB: We all know that Big Bird is a unrepentant liberal, but few know he also had two daddies. Learn it and learn it well.
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