The AggreGAYtor: September 19

Texas Rangers pitcher Robbie Ross with wife Brittany (Image courtesy noh8campaign.com)

Texas Rangers step up to the plate, Houston police step into the bushes, and a Corpus Christi widow steps into the courtroom as your AggreGAYtor pops, dips, and spins.

The Good

• Texas Rangers pitcher Robbie Ross and his wife have now joined the NOH8 campaign.

• Desmond Tutu says fighting for LGBTQ civil rights is a mission from God.

• Garry Kasparov thinks Putin’s ploy is to exploit older Russians’ prejudices (b’duh).

• “Marriage … is a timeless institution that has proven to provide benefits to society and to be the best societal environment for men, women and children,” so why not extend it to all Arizonans?

• Anti-transgender employment discrimination is rampant, but this settlement might be a sign of things turning around.

The Bad

• Houston police are allegedly luring men (gay and straight) into the bushes and arresting them.

• Sexual orientation can still be considered as a factor in jury selection, for now.

• NYC’s recent spate of anti-gay hate murders appears to be continuing.

The Fugly

• This Corpus Christi widow’s marriage has been challenged because she’s trangender.

• This former University of Pittsburgh student is alleging he was expelled and subjected to FBI scrutiny because he’s transgender.

• “Porno Pete” LaBarbera continues to show us what a “sign of a self-destructive society” really is.

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