- The NHL is accused of covering up the Team Trans Ice Hockey draft in Wisconsin after a trans-identified female player was concussed after colliding with a trans-identified male opponent. Quillette journalist Jonathan Kay reports the NHL-sponsored event was heavily promoted, yet has received little coverage following the incident.
- “Woman” is chosen as Dictionary.com’s word of the year, reportedly experiencing double the amount of usual searches for the word “woman,” which the website defines as “an adult female person.”
- A Senate investigation reveals a pattern of extensive sexual abuse against women incarcerated in federal prisons, detailing how the U.S. Bureau of Prisons fails to address and prevent sexual violence against women.
- Iran is expelled from a key United Nations women’s group for enacting government policies that threaten the rights of women and girls.