The AggreGAYtor: June 14
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
1:45PM, Fri. Jun. 14, 2013
Politicians get out, Russians and SCOTUS get active, and Austin gets equal, as your AggreGAYtor admires the new blue buds of a moss flox blossom.
The Good
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Austin Pride gets GetEqual for an upcoming Stonewall memorial rally.
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GetEqual takes on John Boehner, but receives no crocodile tears.
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Texas GOP Representative Ralph Hall comes out. Almost. Oops.
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The Supremes (no, the other ones) remain mum on gay marriage, but we have a fight ahead regardless of their decision.
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Moscow activists are acting up, bashing back, and getting equal.
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The first openly gay man to climb Mount Everest did it for the kids.
The Bad
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Dallas City Council continues their struggle with homosexuality.
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LGBT cancer survivors experience healthcare discrimination, but may help build a better system.
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Many LGBTQ folk still regularly experience discrimination, and have even been rejected by friends or family.
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Remember the pastor who suggested we be rounded up and dropped on an island paradise to stop us breeding like rabbits with the straight folk? Mussolini did it.
The Fugly
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James Bovard rolls out the cherry picker to smear AmeriCorps and Cheer Up Charlie's.
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An Alabama Pastor has a bad case of the discriminations.
It Came from the Tubes
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