TWR: June 7 - 13
Article Details:
June 14, 2026
Sunday June 7 - “Qween Jean is the cat’s meow! The Cats: The Jellicle Ball costume designer is the first openly transgender person to win a Tony Award in the 79-year history of the honors. She was also nominated this year for her work on Liberation. This marks her first Tony win and first Tony nominations.”
Monday, June 8 - “A Brooklyn man was convicted in a jury trial on Monday of fatally stabbing a dancer at a gas station in an anti-gay attack, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced.”
Monday, June 8 - “The fierce battle over protections for transgender students is expected to rage on even after the Supreme Court decides the fate of state bans on transgender athletes competing in women’s and girls’ sports.”
Monday, June 8 - “Hungarian prosecutors announced on June 4 that they had dropped charges against a mayor and a civic activist for their roles in organizing 2025 Pride events in Budapest and Pécs. The charges, which were brought under Fidesz-era anti-LGBT legislation, were part of the former government’s crackdown on civic space and LGBT rights.”
Tuesday, June 9 - “Approximately 200 people marched through Philadelphia’s Gayborhood on Monday, June 8 — demanding action in response to incidents that took place in that same space the day before.”
Wednesday, June 10 - “Since 1819, Cincinnati has been lovingly called the “Queen City.” It’s a name that at once calls to mind a sense of regal femininity, though that royal sense may contrast with the muddy waters of the Ohio. Back then, thanks to the riverboat traffic on those brackish tides, Cincinnati was a booming city on the frontier of the United States. Today, Kelsey Ference, known to her twenty-two thousand Instagram followers and countless newsletter subscribers as Midwestern Lesbian, is on a type of frontier of her own making. A queer frontier, at that.”
Wednesday, June 10 - “A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday rejected a novel bid by LGBTQ rights advocates to secure a nationwide order preventing the U.S. Department of Justice from forcing healthcare providers across the country to turn over records about transgender youth who received gender-affirming medical care.”
Thursday, June 11 - “In 1984, an unlikely coalition was formed between London LGBTQ+ campaigners and Welsh miners. Now their story, as told in the 2014 film Pride, is coming to the stage. The original demonstrators share what the new production means to them.”
Thursday, June 11 - “A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientation and end his relationship with his male partner.”
Friday, June 12 - “Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon claimed in a 9 June Right Response livestream that female public school teachers “turn” boys gay, repeating a debunked talking point alongside broader anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.”
Friday, June 12 - “Families of transgender youth in California learned this week that their private medical records will not be sent to the Trump administration, for now. That's after a federal judge temporarily blocked hospitals in California from producing any documents responding to criminal subpoenas from the Department of Justice.”
Friday, June 12 - “One of David Hockney's early paintings depicts a couple wrapped in an embrace. Painted in 1961, this picture may sound like it captures a relatively traditional romantic scene. But at the time, it was a radical piece of work. That is because the couple in the painting are both men, and in 1961 it was still illegal to be gay in the UK.”
Friday, June 12 - “A federal judge ruled Friday that she has no authority to reinstate a Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired for unfurling a transgender pride flag at the El Capitan rock formation last year.”