The AggreGAYtor: December 9

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

Yes. Yes, he probably is.
Yes. Yes, he probably is.

Elton and Cyndi give up the good stuff, Rome decks the streets with rainbows, and there are 15 million homosexuals in America, as your AggreGAYtor pulls out the hockey stick.

The Good

It looks like 5% is a good solid number for gay Americans, closeted or not.

Big business is getting nicer every day to its LGBTQ employees.

Elton John gets up in Moscow’s grill and read them for filth.

Rome installs a mile-long Christmas light rainbow flag.

Harvard has decided it has a better way to spell LGBTQ.

Ever wonder which organizations have garnered the most news coverage since 1960? Now there’s a list.

Cyndi Lauper and friends put together a holiday fundraiser extravaganza for homeless queer youth.

The Bad

Two more transgender Clevelanders have been murdered.

The Fugly

A Catholic school teacher has been fired for getting married.

It Came from the Tubes

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LGBT, News, Gay, Queer, Gay, Lesbian, Trans*, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Sochi, Moscow, Harvard, Catholic, Cleveland, Hate Crime

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