The AggreGAYtor: June 13

It gets uglier in Russia, it gets better for trans veterans, and it gets weirder in organized religion as your AggreGAYtor negotiates the dialectic.

Remember the dead LGBT-inclusive amendment to immigration reform? It’s back.
Anderson Cooper interviews Kristen Beck, who recently came out as a transgender veteran.
Oh, myyyyy. George Takei takes a stand for American values by sharing his experience in a WWII internment camp.
NPR reports on LGBT poverty. The news isn’t good, but the coverage is.
A group of TCU researchers have figured out why you’re a slut. It’s daddy’s fault. Isn’t it always?
Cyndi Lauper sees your true colors, and don’t you forget it.

Remember when Stalinist censorship and repression ruled the day in Russia? You know, before freedom? It’s back. And it’s mean.
We aren’t sure what to make of the rumors of a “gay lobby at the Vatican,” but we’re fairly certain it involves fabulous frescoes. And maybe a water feature.

The Southern Baptist Convention breaks up with the Boy Scouts of America. Weird how a denomination of independent churches based partly on the rejection of hierarchical authority can act so authoritarian, innit?

Disillusioned by recent news in the Catholic and/or Protestant worlds? Maybe you should say “Hebbo!” to Tarvu.