Happy Monday! Some news items for you as we head into the new week:
• BayNews9: The steps of City Hall in St. Petersburg, Florida, have been transformed into an art installation showcasing the colors of the rainbow flag for Pride Month (above).
St. Pete Pride worked with the mayor’s office for months brainstorming ideas after the rainbow crosswalk in the city’s grand central district was painted over last summer.
• New Music: Madonna has released the official music video for “Bring Your Love,” her duet with Sabrina Carpenter.
• On This Date: On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers from being fired based on their sexual or gender orientation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• Outsports: Ohio State gymnast Jacob Harmon feared coming out. Instead, nobody blinked. After competing for one of the country’s top NCAA men’s gymnastics programs, Jacob hopes younger gay athletes see they belong, too.
Ohio State gymnast just off the NCAA National Championships shares his story as a gay athlete. #CourageIsContagioushttps://t.co/Eq4sirZubx
— Cyd Zeigler (@CydZeigler) June 15, 2026
• LGBTQ Nation: Jackson Lahmeyer, a Trump-endorsed U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma who had worked for him as a fundraiser. He is, of course, virulently anti-LGBTQ.
• JoeMyGod: Donald Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron that last night’s “UFC Freedom 250” event at the White House was “perhaps more important than the World Cup.” God bless Macron for keeping a straight face…
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