Research, data on transgender tobacco use needed

2 min read Just a few weeks into 2021 at least 10 anti-transgender bills have been introduced across seven different states by Republican lawmakers. According to reports, the majority of the Republican-sponsored bills target gender-affirming healthcare and trans youth, including redefining “child abuse” to include parents who support their trans kids.

Emily Mitchell, an influencer who passed away just before Christmas, died of a pulmonary embolism, her family has revealed. The American influencer, who ran The Hidden Way blog and was pregnant with her fifth child, died suddenly three days before Christmas.

The Georgia man who was found dead after being charged in connection with the US Capitol riot shot himself in the chest, reports said Tuesday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled that Christopher Stanton Georgia died by suicide, according to local outlet 11Alive News.

MF DOOM’s music increased by 870 per cent following news of his death, according to MRC Data.On December 31, it was revealed that the rapper and producer had passed away on October 31. A cause of death is yet to be revealed publicly.This week, MRC Data reported that US listeners streamed MF DOOM’s tracks 25.4million times in the week between December 31 and January 5.

A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades — a Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the newborn as her own.

A Georgia man charged in connection with last week’s violent US Capitol riot has since died, according to a local report. Christopher Stanton Georgia, 53, died at his home in Alpharetta on Saturday, Atlanta-based outlet 11Alive News reported.

The U.S. attorney for District of Columbia has opened a federal excessive force investigation into the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Trump supporter who was shot and killed Wednesday during the Capitol riot, CBS News reports.  Video of the incident shows an unidentified police officer shooting Babbitt as she appears to attempt to climb through a broken window in a barricaded hallway at the U.S.

The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun has spoken about the micro-aggressions he faced as an Asian-American actor at the start of his career.The star, who is set to appear in the hotly-tipped Minari later this year, recalled an uncomfortable experience at his first-ever audition.During an appearance on Variety’s Award Circuit podcast, Yeun shared a story from his first-ever audition, which was for a show called Awesome ‘80s Prom.

A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday night after suffering injuries during Wednesday's rioting in Washington, police confirmed in a statement.

Mahlon Reyes, a fan-favorite deckhand on Discovery Channel’s reality show Deadliest Catch, cause of death has been revealed just five months after he suddenly passed.