The AggreGAYtor: September 30
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
8:18PM, Mon. Sep. 30, 2013

Exxon comes around, New Jersey gets gay married, and a Catholic official calls us satanic, as your AggreGAYtor Geeks Out.
The Good
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Pissed about missing Ender’s Game because its author is a bigot? Skip it en masse with Geeks Out! (RSVP on Facebook)
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Gay couples in New Jersey can now get married, and Michigan may be next.
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Energy giant Exxon finally got on the clue train and off the HRC hit list.
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Just days after Barilla stepped in it, Bertolli steps up with some homo love.
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Gays in Sochi are still, well, being, despite what Russia’s government dictates.
The Bad
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Tired of Texas’ anti-gay attitudes? There’s always Seattle.
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Even in Hollywood, anti-LGBTQ discrimination persists.
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Without legal recognition for queer families, it’s harder to insure the kids. B’duh.
The Fugly
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The new Pope might be softening the Church’s position on homosexuality, but not all of his cardinals have gotten the memo.
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Why is it that our most fervent opponents so often turn out to be closet cases?
It Came from the Tubes
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