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‘We are seeing the unravelling of conditional support’

President Donald Trump is going after LGBTQ rights and big companies have responded by shunning Pride Month. Read more here.

Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests

Meanwhile, several drag queens in full regalia where among the audience that booed and jeered the US President as he attended a performance of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Read more here.

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in sex crimes retrial

Five years after the former movie mogul was convicted of rape - a key moment in #MeToo, he returned to a Manhattan courthouse for the same allegations, as well as one that hasn't been tried before. Read more here.

Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away

Davina Schonle prevented from entering event with eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings for tech startup. Read more here.

Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say

Meanwhile, a report published today by the Women and Equalities Committee said paternity leave rules "entrench outdated gender stereotypes". Read more here.

Trans ex-judge says gender ruling risks lives

Dr Victoria McCloud is planning to take the government to the European Court of Human Rights over the April ruling, which said a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. Read more here.

'Brave and beautiful people' remembered in Aids quilt display

The 384 people commemorated on the quilt include notable figures such as novelist Bruce Chatwin and actors Denholm Elliott and Ian Charleson. Read more here.

Cycling linked to lower dementia risk and better brain health, researchers find

Cycling regularly in midlife can help reduce the risk of dementia, as well as maintaining brain health, a new large-scale study has found. Read more here.

In Memoriam

On Sunday, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan novelist, poet and academic who championed African literature died aged 87. Read more here.

This week we also lost 2 true greats from the world of music. On Monday, Sly Stone the pioneering funk and soul musician who lit up generations of dancefloors with his group Sly and the Family Stone died aged 82. Read more here.

And, on Wednesday, Brian Wilson, leader of the Beach Boys, who found fame with hymns to California beach culture, passed also aged 82. Read more here.