The AggreGAYtor: November 12
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
By David Estlund, 8:30AM, Wed. Nov. 12, 2014
The Supremes get ready, Austin City Council deliberates, and Kellogg sparks ire among opposing marketing targets, as your AggreGAYtor colonizes alien voids.
The Good
SCOTUS is watching marriage rights, and may weigh in at just the right time.
Bettie Naylor Street may soon get a truly outrageous makeover, if the community clicks this link and speaks up to support it before Nov. 16.
Trans women have something special to offer womens’ colleges, and here’s why.
Bangladeshi hijra organize and lead the nation’s first Pride parade.
The Bad
The ‘three Gs’ still rule politics in Texas, only now one of them is a J.
Ohio senator Rob Portman is pro-marriage, so he’s under full attack.
The Fugly
A Texas lawmaker is spearheading an effort to enshrine discrimination in state law.
There are ways to fight employment discrimination, but they are technical and difficult.
Conservatives are angry with Kellogg for being nice to teh gay.
It Came from the Tubes
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