IT’S TIME FOR LGBTQ SPY HISTORY! PRIDE MONTH!
Soviet spy John Vassall was said to have been caught in a gay honey trap during a party at the Hotel Berlin during which time he claimed to have been drugged and photographed having sex. I’m with Rebecca West on this one.
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jun 9, 2026
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IT’S TIME FOR LGBTQ SPY HISTORY! PRIDE MONTH!
Super-model, bisexual adventuress and spy Toto Koopman is credited with discovering the famed artist Francis Bacon when she began work as gallery owner/art dealer.
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jun 9, 2026
Traffic on the Chonhar Bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast was closed after a Ukrainian drone strike, Russian-installed regional head Volodymyr Saldo said on June 9.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) Jun 9, 2026
IT’S TIME FOR LGBTQ SPY HISTORY! PRIDE MONTH! Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies’ stay on Fire Island could not be confirmed since hotels on the island featured 100% iron clad, super top secret discretion back then. Clever girls.
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jun 9, 2026
MCKINNEY, Texas (NewsNation) — A jury has found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf following a confrontation at a track meet after about three hours of deliberation.
Anthony, now 19, was charged in the 2025 death of Metcalf at a track meet outside of Dallas. The case has drawn national attention and featured emotional testimony from more than 20 prosecution witnesses who were in court last week.
#karmeloanthony #austinmetcalf #guilty
Anthony was indicted for murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf.
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IT’S TIME FOR LGBTQ SPY HISTORY! PRIDE MONTH!
When Jeremy Wolfenden, “the cleverest boy in England,” was ensnared in a gay honey trap, he reported to authorities and stayed in place to report back. Later married Martina Browne, former nanny for the “Penkovsky Chisolms.”
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) Jun 9, 2026
A 19-year-old man was convicted of murder on Tuesday in the stabbing death of a Texas high school athlete during a track meet.
Austin Metcalf, 17, was killed in April 2025. Prosecutors argued that Karmelo Anthony murdered him after being repeatedly told to leave a rival school’s tent.
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