The AggreGAYtor: December 17

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

The AggreGAYtor: December 17
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India thrashes over an unjust ruling, Dakotans get double-married, and Moscow's biggest gay club gets a partial makeover, as your AggreGAYtor keeps wishing for a planet full of unicorns.

The Good

LGBTQ Indians respond to the nation’s retrograde supreme court ruling with solidarity.

New Jersey makes it easier for trans garden staters to change their birth certificate.

Mother Jones has a 10 best queer musicians list for 2013.

The Bad

State marriage bans lead to polygamy, at least in North Dakota.

The roof of Moscow’s biggest gay bar has been dismantled by a large team of homophobes.

Cleveland’s recent trans murders are officially being treated as hate crimes.

No, opposition to marriage is not a harmless, abstract, or principled stance.

The Fugly

Is the Salvation Army anti-LGBTQ? Maybe, maybe not.

It Came from the Tubes

One from the vaults:

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