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“Schmigadoon!,” won best new musical at the Tony Awards. The play is an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows. The award on Sunday night for the best new play went to “Liberation,” about a consciousness-raising women’s group in 1970s Ohio, which earlier this year also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. “Ragtime,” a big, soaring musical that depicts an America being remade by immigration, racial violence, industrial wealth and political unrest, won the best musical revival. John Lithgow won for best lead actor in a play for his role in “Giant.”
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have unveiled a permanent display honoring LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former players for the team Glenn Burke and Billy Bean, who were the first two major leaguers to say they were gay. A brief ceremony with their families was held on the team’s 13th Pride Night, hours before the Dodgers hosted the Los Angeles Angels in the Freeway Series. Burke was the first MLB player to come out as gay, announcing it in 1982 after he retired. He died in 1995. Four years later, Bean became the second MLB player to reveal that he was gay. He died in 2024.
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Joyce Henderson, left, sister of Glenn Burke, speaks during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Dr. Greg Baker, left, widower of Billy Bean, speaks during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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A tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, is viewed following an unveiling Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Attendees reacts during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — June is widely recognized as Pride Month, but a handful of Republican governors have bestowed alternative titles that bo…
A new Gallup poll finds support for same-sex marriage and relationships in the U.S. has stopped rising after two decades. About two-thirds of U.S. adults believe same-sex marriage should be legal, according to the poll, down slightly from 71% in 2022 and 2023. Most of the change is driven by Republicans. The views of Democrats and independents on the topic have remained mostly stable. A 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision led to nationwide recognition of same-sex marriage. Conservative lawmakers in some states have called for that ruling to be overturned, something the court has so far rejected considering. The poll also found a shift in views of transgender issues.
FILE - An LGBTQ+ pride flag flies beneath a U.S. flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York, on Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)