The AggreGAYtor: December 16
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 8:25AM, Tue. Dec. 16, 2014
ENDA gets some love, F2M gets a new meaning in Austin, and Russia keeps pounding away, as your AggreGAYtor fiddles about.
The Good
The Center for American Progress and the American Civil Liberties Union are both urging Congress to end workplace discrimination.
Freedom to Marry is here in Texas. Well, not that kind. Not just yet.
House Democrats are demanding an end to the sexual abuse of LGBTQ immigrant minors in custody. Forgive us for editorializing when we say, “Perhaps a nanny state is a safer bet than an Uncle Ernie state.”
Benjy the “gay bull” has a Simpsons co-creator to thank in part for his freedom and first gay kiss.
A U.S. Marine accused of killing a transgender Philipino is now facing murder charges.
The Bad
Human Rights Watch reports violent anti-gay attacks are indeed on the rise in Russia.
Egypt is conducting bathhouse raids now.
The Fugly
A North Carolina church allegedly has a very violent way of praying away the gay.
It Came from the Tubes
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