The AggreGAYtor: July 17
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
3:15PM, Wed. Jul. 17, 2013
Activist judges activate, Greg Abbott gubernates, and ex-gays disapparate, as your AggreGAYtor points out the banality of institutionalized this-and-that.
The Good
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Prop 8 supporters in California have been told to stay out of our queer business.
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Remember how Obama refuses to sign an executive order barring LGBTQ discrimination? Looks like the courts may do it for him.
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Chicago opens the first comprehensive transgender housing center in the nation.
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The same marriage opponents are probably anticipating anarchy in the UK.
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Will Texas’ new abortion restrictions pass legal muster? Only if conservatives are able to stack the courts.
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Aww, the scary gay terrorists have the ex-gays on the run. Probably the same ones trying to shoot Roger Ailes.
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32,000 ask CNN to stop allowing Tony Perkins to speak on behalf of all Christians.
The Bad
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Trayvon Martin deserved justice. Yes, it’s relevant. Matthew Shepherd made straight people uncomfortable in elevators--taste that rainbow? 35 LGBTQ rights groups agree.
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The FDA blood ban is still with us because, y’know, who needs blood?
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DOMA’s demise doesn’t mean much for some couples unless comprehensive immigration reform passes.
The Fugly
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Greg Abbott makes gubernatorial bid, vows to keep mum on the homosex.
It Came from the Tubes
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