Lesbian golf legend Kathy Whitworth dies at 83
With her record of 88 victories in a single tour untouched, golf legend Kathy Whitworth passed away on Christmas Eve this year. She was 83.

Her partner, Bettye Odle, didn't disclose the cause but said only that she died suddenly while celebrating with loved ones.

"Kathy left this world the way she lived her life — loving, laughing, and creating memories," said Odle in a statement.

Whitworth broke records in other areas, too. In 1981, she was the first woman to surpass $1 million in LPGA career earnings, although she said she "would have swapped being the first to make a million for winning the Open, but it was a consolation which took some of the sting out of not winning."

While she was rarely named as the most elegant golfer, she was often referred to as the best at winning.

"I don't think about the legacy of 88 tournaments," she once said. "I did it because I wanted to win, not set a record or a goal that no one else could surpass. I'm not some great oddity. I was just fortunate to be so successful. What I did in being a better player does not make me a better person."

When asked what she would like to be remembered for, she once answered, "I feel that if people remember me at all, it will be good enough."

Tennessee proposes ban on public drag shows
Tennessee lawmakers have proposed a bill that would classify drag as "adult cabaret" and ban it from public performance where children might see it — a measure that would effectively outlaw drag brunches, drag story hours, even drag performances at Pride events, with a penalty of up to six years.

The bill, SB 0003, was filed by Senate Majority leader Jack Johnson, who said he "filed this legislation to protect children" in response to outrage over footage of a child at an all-ages Chattanooga Pride drag event.

Religious demonstrators have delayed and hindered drag performances in other states, like early December's Sandhills Pride in North Carolina, which implemented an 18-and-up policy after backlash on social media. The event was still dogged by a prayer circle armed with a megaphone.

Kye Sanders, a drag performer and founder of Sanctuary Action Network in Chattanooga, emphasized to ABC Channel 9 that drag performances aren't inherently sexual.

"We're trying to create safe spaces for art and communities, and for people to feel something other than the discrimination and the bullying that we face every day," says Sayers.