The AggreGAYtor: December 19
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 8:00AM, Fri. Dec. 19, 2014
Netflix finds a queer rival, Florida splits the baby, and America snubs its territory, as your AggreGAYtor puts down the doughnut.
The Good
A queer women of color independent film streaming service? Yes, please.
When educators do right by their students, parents will eventually sort out the bigots themselves.
NYC may soon allow full Medicaid healthcare for trans folk.
MSNBC has a blow-by-blow 2014 queer equality recap.
Of course there are LGBTQ students at Hogwarts, just like everywhere else.
Florida gets its first gay divorce. Not good, but better than the alternative.
Weimar Germany had an amazing queer subculture, at least until the Nazis showed up.
The Bad
The U.S. is refusing requests from Filipino authorities to hand over the Marine accused of drowning a trans woman.
The Fugly
Apparently punching the teeth out of a gay guy isn't worth serving time.
Anytime a public figure suggests genocide as a (final?) public health solution, we should do something nice for those in need.
It Came from the Tubes
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