The AggreGAYtor: June 7

Same-sex families prove good-as-thine, the Westboro clan finds common ground with queer Texans, and gay kids and trans soldiers rock our world, as your AggreGAYtor disturbs the stock.

The Good

• Pride Month gets an honorable, if awkward, debut at Dallas City Hall.

• A transgender service member meets the President, hoping someday soon trans* soldiers can serve openly in the U.S. military.

• Tired of the same old clobber verse debates with [fellow] Christians? Try Reading Queerly to put the conversation back on track.

• The Republican Party may have to review its stance on gay marriage, lest it find itself hoisted on its own petard over its formerly favorite wedge issue.

• A gay 11-year-old got a homophobic Tennessee politician’s “Reformer of the Year” title revoked.

The Bad

• Mark Regnerus is an embarrassment to UT Austin, but that’s not news. This new study on children of same-sex parents, however, is.

• Some conservatives apparently want to sanction harassment in our military.

The Fugly

• The Westboro Bunch will be in Austin June 12 at 8 AM decrying the hypocrisy of Governor Rick Perry, somewhere at the “Texas State Capital.” We’re guessing they mean the Capitol. Maybe we should join them. What, you need a link?

• A Canadian “women’s organization” says that trans* folk are pedophiles.  Or something. Can someone please debunk this mess?

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