Corey Griffin dies, ALS ice bucket challenge creator drowns in Massachusetts. Griffin, the friend of Pete Frates who suffers from ALS, dies after jumping from the top of Juice Guys restaurant into the water. Griffin had just raised $100,000 to fight ALs via the #IceBucketChallenge fundraiser, which has gone viral.
At least 57 transgender or gender-nonconforming people were killed in the United States in 2021, making it the deadliest year on record for the community. The vast majority of these victims were Black or Latina trans women. A Media Matters analysis of broadcast news shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, as well as cable news coverage on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC found that cable and corporate broadcast TV news networks failed to adequately report on anti-trans violence in 2021, discussing the topic in just 19 segments for a total of 43 minutes of coverage. Reports from MSNBC accounted for more than two-thirds of this coverage; every other network covered the topic for 5 minutes or less each.