‘DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT’
Troy Perry founded the Metropolitan Community Church in 1968 to help LGBTQ believers like himself feel closer to God. It’s only one chapter in a life of history-making activism.
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TIME TO TALK
Plus: The FBI has asked to speak to Prince Andrew (again), why Andrew loved letting pals pose on Buckingham Palace’s thrones, Archie’s first steps, and James Middleton, beekeeper.
INTO THE STREETS
America’s first Pride marches were held in 1970 in New York, L.A, San Francisco, and Chicago. Organizers and participants recall the post-Stonewall power of being seen and heard.
‘OVERWHELMED WITH GUILT’
A new book says it has “hit home” for Harry “that Charles and the Queen aren’t going to be around forever,” and William and Kate feel “screwed over” by his and Meghan’s royal exit.
‘THE DRAMA OF IT ALL’
New books claim to trace the conflicts between Prince William and Prince Harry, from their childhood, to Meghan Markle, and a “silent coup” tied to Prince Andrew’s Epstein scandal.
‘LET’S BUILD’
Black queer playwrights Donja R. Love and Carmen LoBue talk racism, joy, resistance, and why theater must be radically restructured to foster Black talent and tell Black stories.
DEEP WATER
Experts tell The Daily Beast a new photograph of the Loch Ness Monster may be a fake. But the enduring mystery, investigator Adrian Shine says, adds to the “gaiety of nations.”
THE MAIN STAGE
In the first of a two-part series on Black queer playwrights with work in the “Pride Plays” season, Rodney Hicks and Azure D. Osborne-Lee discuss racism, theater, and change.
‘UNFEELING AND UNSUPPORTIVE’
The royal family celebrates Prince William’s 38th birthday—amid concerns that a new book will portray him as “unsympathetic” over Meghan and Harry’s exit from their royal roles.
‘IT’S LIKE HE IS ALMOST HERE’
“To have Don’s memory and legacy on the right side of history is incredible,” Melissa Zarda tells Tim Teeman, after fighting for her late brother in the landmark SCOTUS LGBTQ case.
