The AggreGAYtor: August 5
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
12:35PM, Mon. Aug. 5, 2013
Sia keeps it queer, Uganda and the Netherlands show their pride, and Russia doubles down, as your AggreGAYtor punts away with a footballer or two in tow.
The Good
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Sia queerly gets our attention, even as she tells us she is not dating Robert Pattinson.
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Uganda, home to the “kill the gays” bill so popular on C Street, hosts its second annual pride parade.
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A bipartisan group of Congresscritters are asking John Kerry to protect queer Olympians in Russia.
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Vancouver plays host to a kiss-in protest of Russia’s gay ban in a lead-up to October 11, National Coming Out Day.
The Bad
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Ann Althouse probes Russia’s big gay problem.
The Fugly
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Fox News gives a hate group free airtime to call us all rapist-pedophile kidnappers. As usual.
It Came from the Tubes
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