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In 2017, [at least 20](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/27/trans-nonbinary-candidates-2022/) trans candidates ran for office, the Washington Post reports.  
  
This year, LGBTQ advocacy group [Victory Fund](https://victoryfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Demographic-data-on-LGBTQ-candidates-running-in-the-2022-midterms.pdf) has counted 55 trans candidates, 20 gender-nonconforming candidates, 18 nonbinary candidates, and four Two Spirit candidates, the majority of whom are running for state-level positions.

2017

A record number of trans and nonbinary candidates are running for public office in the US. Which year held the previous record?

Rivera's murder conviction was reversed based on a [disgraced former Chicago police officer's pattern](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/gamalier-rivera-chicago-murder-conviction-exonerated) of abusing witnesses and suspects into making false statements, fabricating evidence, and rigging lineups.  
  
“It’s hurting me that my parents aren’t here to celebrate with me, but I’m grateful,” said Rivera, who served 22 years in prison before being released on parole in 2019. His parents died while he was in prison.

Gamalier Rivera is the latest person whose murder conviction was thrown out in the US's first mass exoneration of murder cases. How many people have been exonerated so far?

The Academy formally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American woman who famously took to the Oscars stage in 1973 on behalf of Marlon Brando and refused to accept the Best Actor prize in protest against Hollywood's depictions of Indigenous people.  
  
"The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified," then–Academy president David Rubin wrote in a letter.

**50 years ago, Littlefeather was harassed for refusing an Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf**

Why did the Academy apologize to Sacheen Littlefeather this week?

Klondike walked back its July 25 Choco Taco obituary after an outpouring of grief and rage online. While this is heartwarming news, as Soleil Ho [summed up for the San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/choco-taco-17370573.php), "Call me overly optimistic, but I have to think that an empowered, healthy populace wouldn’t be so easily riled up about a product line being discontinued."

Choco Taco

Klondike announced this frozen dessert would be discontinued, only to declare its comeback a week later. What is this sweet treat?

Rae's unreleased songs have been leaking onto streaming platforms for the past few months, and they have [quickly gone viral with chronically online queer fans](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/addison-rae-2-die-4-gay-icon) jumping to embrace her music.  
  
“Addison Rae did the first tiktok at stonewall,” [one commenter](https://www.tiktok.com/@dangjustin/video/7121520693405142314?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) wrote.

Addison Rae

Which TikToker — whose single "2 Die 4" was leaked online — is gaining traction as an LGBTQ icon?

Scientists believe that the arrival of feral hogs, an invasive species responsible for widespread habitat loss in Australia, has become "[like ringing a dinner bell](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/science/invasive-species-pigs-crocodiles.html)" for the endangered crocodile species, according to the New York Times.

feral hogs

What feral invasive species is inadvertently preserving Australia's endangered crocodiles?

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