The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30 that states may bar transgender girls and women from competing in female sports at federally funded schools, clearing the way for enforcement of bans in 27 states. Writing for the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh held that Title IX's ban on sex discrimination refers to "biological sex." The three liberal justices agreed the Title IX claim failed but dissented in part, warning the majority decided unresolved factual questions too soon.
BAGLY receives $750,000 Cummings Foundation grant; Massachusetts man taken into custody, cited after anti-LGBTQ slurs at Rhode Island beach; Maine group appeals ruling blocking anti-trans referendum; and Openly gay Maine congressional candidate eliminated in ranked-choice count
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway, and Boston's monthlong soccer celebration is bringing watch parties to the South End.
Swept Away—a one-act musical by Tony Award–winning playwright John Logan (Red, Moulin Rouge!) with music and lyrics by critically acclaimed American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers.
Fun Home, Huntington Theatre Company, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, Huntington Mainstage, through December 14. 617-266-0080 or Huntingtontheatre.org
Billy Porter opens up, Hudson Williams loses a Peloton deal, Belinda Carlisle books the holidays, and Bonnie Tyler passes at 75: all in Billy Masters' column.
Lindsey Graham traded principle for proximity to Trump. Richard J. Rosendall on why the "Lady G" senator's record shouldn't be softened in death.
A hoax CPS call kept Pete and Chasten Buttigieg from their twins for 24 hours. For LGBTQ parents, it echoes a long history of bias-driven family separation.
