The AggreGAYtor: February 18
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 11:45AM, Tue. Feb. 18, 2014
A trans activist shows Sochi, Texas gets gay marriage through a back door, and C of E goes off the rails, as your AggreGAYtor asks, "Where is the 'Do What U Want' video?"
The Good
A Texas trans widow’s marriage just got un-annulled.
Texas just had two legal same-sex marriages, thanks to our stupid gender laws.
Michael Sam is way cooler than Ted Cruz.
The war on women is still on, and next Thursday, we’ll be standing with Texas women once again.
Vladimir Luxuria is more than just an awesome name, just like Rihanna.
Fashion Week happened so we don’t have to.
If we want the Texas Republican platform to change, we should at least get involved in primaries.
The Bad
The Church of England stops stalling the conversation on marriage, and ends it.
“Looking” plays it safe and comes out kinda boring.
A quarter of NFL players are uncomfortable with the male gaze.
Homophobia shortens lives.
The Fugly
Did you know you can use YouTube copyright controls to censor inconvenient truths?
It Came from the Tubes
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