The AggreGAYtor: September 10
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
11:20AM, Tue. Sep. 10, 2013
Pride winds down, Russia ramps up, and Texas starts to chill out, as your AggreGAYtor empties the tubes.
The Good
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Our own Jana Birchum of The Austin Chronicle has posted a spectacular set of photos of Austin Pride, as did KUT.
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Equality, as it turns out, is good for the constitution.
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Anti-gay Russian politicians are now at risk of being outed if they continue their pogrom.
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Porn star Colby Keller muses on what it means to be an introvert.
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James Franco isn’t gay, but kinda wishes he were.
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NAACP president Ben Jealous steps down; HRC honors his legacy of recognizing queer civil rights as being analogous to the struggles faced by people of color.
The Bad
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Cyberbullying directed at LGBTQ kids is rampant and can have devastating consequences.
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What happens when queer prisoners want to get married? It’s complicated.
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A transgender New Yorker, brutally beaten to death for being trans, is remembered, just as a report emerges exposing just how difficult life as a transgender person can be.
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Queer retirees continue to have it rough in terms of finance and personal support.
The Fugly
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Bathroom panic continues to sweep across California.
It Came from the Tubes
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