The AggreGAYtor: July 18
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
3:49PM, Thu. Jul. 18, 2013
The Queen approves of it, Lewis Black has had it, and Louie Gohmert still doesn't get it, as your AggreGAYtor staunchly defends Big Tex.
The Good
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Five states, including Texas, now face legal challenges to their marriage bans.
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Gay marriage is now legal in England and Wales, and the Queen approves.
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Wendy Davis is no blushing maid, and she seeks the means to prove it.
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Transgender rabbis are changing the conversation in the American Jewish community.
The Bad
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Carlos Vigil of New Mexico has, like so many others, been bullied into suicide.
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An LGBTQ activist has been tortured and murdered in Cameroon.
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As the U.S. makes progress, relations with anti-gay nations may become tense.
The Fugly
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Louie Gohmert doesn’t understand evolution, and also, too, thinks Obama’s thought police are after him.
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The Mean Girls Boy Scouts of America shifts its attention from gay kids to fat kids.
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