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13 June 2026

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It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to enjoy in this week's Good News Roundup! Some of them are even reader submissions for our heartwarming Pride in Pictures series — check 'em out! And oh goodness, did you hear about the activist & designer Qween Jean who made trans history with a recent Tony win? How about the reality TV star who recently came out as a lesbian in a Pride Month post? And did you see the jaw-dropping 1,000-foot Pride banners that kicked off this city’s Pride weekend?

A trans man donated eggs to his sister & shared the incredible moment he first held his nephew “It felt more like a calling than a choice.” Read More

This photojournalist usually shot crime scenes. But he took this "joyful" picture of 1978 Pride. "A very large man dressed in full leather offered that he would 'throw me in the Hudson River' if I took that photograph...."

This 81-year-old nun is helping Catholic parents affirm their trans kids “They have to realize it is not about them, it's about their child,” she said.

"C’mon, gays. Happy Pride!" Madonna kicked off Pride Month with free Times Square concert Madonna performed in front of images of LGBTQ+ icons like Marsha P. Johnson and Keith Haring.

Federal judge blocks Trump's attempt to send 14 trans women to men's prisons “This decision reaffirms a bedrock constitutional principle: the government cannot ... simply look the other way,”

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Cara Delevingne says she's a "proud lesbian" after rejecting labels in the past "If I can help any other kid, that means the world to me.”

Two nuns hated each other when they first met in a convent. Then they gave it all up & fell in love. "If there is a cupid in the world, ours was God."

She came out at age 11.5 in her military family. Her supportive parents took her to Pride. "If we allow the younger generation to teach us how to be better humans, maybe the future isn't as bleak as it seems."

Fox host rages at mindblowing videos of LGBTQ+ people dancing "These people have no joy. All of those celebrations look awesome!"

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