Month: June 2026

A popular, longtime destination for the gay community in Mobile, Alabama, was forced to close ahead of Pride celebrations in the Gulf Coast city, after an ownership transfer revealed irregularities in the bar’s liquor licensing. The three-story B-Bob’s Bar in downtown Mobile shuttered with little warning and canceled planned events for Pride Month, including a
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Ten years after she was last there, 32-year-old horticulturist Sophie Drear returns to Lilymoor House to restore the gardens for its owner, Eula Beck. Sophie was last at the aging estate with Harriet, her best friend, and tending the deteriorating grounds now unearths painful memories of Harriet’s death. Although Sophie had not understood Harriet’s belief
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Adidas and Real Madrid C.F. announced an 8-year extension to football’s most successful partnership, delivering unparalleled European, international and domestic success. First formalised in 1980 and then re-established after a short break from the 1998/1999 season, the adidas and Real Madrid partnership has seen the club become the most successful on the European stage, delivering
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A man died last night (June 20) after falling during Goose’s show at New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG). The NYPD told CBS News that they found the 51-year-old concertgoer unconscious and responsive around 10 P.M. He had fallen from MSG’s 300 level, which sits on an elevated platform above the stadium floor. The man,
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There’s no shortage of LGBTQ+ dating apps in 2026, but there’s also no shortage of discourse about them. Questions around authenticity, profile quality, privacy and paywalled safety features have become common conversation points across queer social spaces. Now, a new entrant is betting that users are ready for something different. Gaydar, a newly launched LGBTQ+
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Smiling Friends is one of the funniest, most inventive, most daring TV comedies to come along in the past decade. It’s a crying shame that creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack have decided to end the show after three seasons, but at least it went out on a high note. I’d rather Smiling Friends not
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But overall, “Dad life is f–king awesome,” he noted to the outlet. “It is exhausting and rewarding and cute. And I’m very lucky because Elsie is a fantastic mom, and I can’t stress enough how lucky I am.” Months later, however, Davidson and Hewitt sparked split speculation when she hinted she was a single parent
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Last summer I watched a guy in cargo shorts, white tube socks, and a faded concert tee try to take his wife out to a beachfront dinner. She wasn’t happy. He wasn’t comfortable. And honestly, neither was anyone else at the table. The beach is one of the trickiest places for a man to dress.
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A teacher hired by a Florida school was forced by the superintendent to either resign or be fired (with no reason given) after only three weeks. Now, Shepherd Scalf is filing a discrimination complaint with the ACLU, alleging that the district thought he was trans because he’s intersex. “Receiving this ultimatum was confusing and overwhelming.
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Northern Maine fingerprint analyst Shaw Connolly is back in Restless Bones, the excellent follow-up to Gillian French’s adult debut, Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell. Fans may enjoy this novel even more than the first—it’s like catching up with an old friend who lives a hectically unsettled, yet completely absorbing life.  Thanks to Shaw’s die-hard efforts
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Craig Finn is staring down the barrel of a jam-packed 2026. The Hold Steady frontman already announced the second round of his joint tour with Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, set for June, and a European trek supporting the Mountain Goats in October. To those, Finn has now added a November run of full-band headlining shows,
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Everybody in the Backstreet Boys knows that the importance of family is larger than life. Though they’ve been hitting the stage for three decades now, bandmates Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough and Kevin Richardson—stressed that becoming fathers has reframed how they look at their careers. “It’s something that we all share,” AJ—who shares daughters
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DICK’S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) and adidas launched Where It All Kicks Off, a new collaborative campaign built to capture the fever pitch excitement surrounding FIFA World Cup 2026 as the tournament arrives on U.S. soil. Featuring adidas athletes Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Trinity Rodman, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes, Juanpa Zurita and Cobi Jones, the
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A digital rights advocacy group is reupping its call to ban biometric facial recognition technology in bars and other venues serving the LGBTQ+ community after new reporting revealed widespread use of the technology in San Francisco’s Castro District. This week, Gazetteer SF put a spotlight on the face-scanning technology that’s been hiding in plain sight
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Curious about what all creatures great, small and microscopic are getting up to? These two far-ranging and eye-opening books take an in-depth, often irreverent look at animal sex and reproduction with an eye toward evolution, biodiversity and the vitality of life on Earth. ★ Poking the Squid Fans of Perrin Roosevelt Ireland’s “Thirsty Science” short-form
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