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Salem honors Transgender Day of Remembrance & Resilience

SALEM — In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance & Resilience, elected officials and community members gathered at City Hall on Thursday to remember the lives of the 64 transgender people in the U.S. who have died in the past year.

Transgender Day of Resilience, celebrated annually during Transgender Awareness Week Nov. 13-19, was established in 2014 with the Audre Lord Project and created by transgender people of color as a visionary and creative act of defiance to transform grief into love, hope, and strength.

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By Michael McHugh | Staff Writer

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November 21, 2025
Transitions PA legal advocate was once a client

LEWISBURG — Stephanie Balliet discovered her life’s work amid one of the most difficult times in her young life.

Following an assault by a stranger at the age of 12 while attending a sleepover at a friend’s house, Balliet received services from Transitions PA during the ensuing three-year-long court case involving her alleged abuser.

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By Marcia Moore mmoore@dailyitem.com

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October 28, 2025
Mayor announces another business shuttered and creation of Human Trafficking Task Force

METHUEN — The city has followed up a “declaration of war” against human trafficking with the investigation of another business and the creation of a task force.

On Monday, city inspectors shut down Eastern Bodywork Therapy, which officials allege is a front for human trafficking. Mayor D.J. Beauregard, who had announced the crackdown on Sunday, said in a press release that the task force would hold both the perpetrators and landlords accountable.

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By Teddy Tauscher | ttauscher@eagletribune.com

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September 29, 2025
AGs sue over threats to pull sex ed funding

BOSTON — Massachusetts is among a group of states suing the Trump administration over threats to pull federal sexual education funding from curricula focusing on gender identities.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Oregon by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 16 other Democrats, alleges that new conditions imposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to receive the grant funding violate federal law, the separation of powers and Congress’ spending power.

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September 29, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrest

METHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation.

Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York, is to be arraigned Monday in Lawrence District Court on charges that include deriving support from prostitution and trafficking person for sexual servitude.

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September 28, 2025
Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrest

METHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation.

Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York, is to be arraigned Monday in Lawrence District Court on charges that include deriving support from prostitution and trafficking person for sexual servitude.

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September 28, 2025
NY man pleads guilty to rape charges

SALEM — A New York man pled guilty to charges of rape, open and gross lewdness, and distributing obscene matter to a minor on Monday in Superior Court in Salem, according to the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker.

Anthony Bowden, 34, of Albany, New York, was sentenced to four years in state prison to be followed by three years probation, during which time he must stay away and have no contact with the victim, have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 16, undergo a sex offender evaluation, and register with the sex offender registry board (SORB). Bowden was represented by attorney Christina Rose Kenney.

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July 15, 2025
Conservatives Explain Why Casual Sex Should Be Illegal

After attempts to ban abortion, birth control, and IVF, some people think the next conservative target will be sexual intercourse outside of marriage. The Onion asked conservatives why casual sex should be illegal, and this is what they said.

Greg Allison, Architect

“I am morally opposed to fun.”

Ryan Thompson, Videographer

Ryan Thompson, Videographer

“Makes it that much hotter knowing it’s illegal.”

John Myles, Machinist

“Hooking up with a floozy at the bar is a good way to get your truck busted up by Carrie Underwood, but I’m not surprised liberals don’t understand.”

Joyce Washburn, Factory Foreman

Joyce Washburn, Factory Foreman

“The only moral justification for sex is procreation and honeypotting a foreign diplomat.”

Carrie Marlow, Dog Walker

Carrie Marlow, Dog Walker

“Casual sex only leads to one thing: Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis 2011 rom-coms battling at the box office.”

Thomas Sayers, Chiropractor

Thomas Sayers, Chiropractor

“For far too long, our legal system has protected people more fuckable than I am.”

Janie Donaldson, Debt Collector

Janie Donaldson, Debt Collector

“Sex should be between a husband and wife trying to re-spark their love life at a hotel after the Pink concert in Cleveland.”

Micah O’Toole, Archivist

Micah O’Toole, Archivist

“Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if everyone stopped logging their intercourse with their town registrar?”

Ralph Boyd, Sound Technician

Ralph Boyd, Sound Technician

“Dry-humping is more than enough to get me off.”

Anne Benson, Podiatrist

“I just think cops should barge into more bedrooms.”

Pip Hilber, Retired

“Americans don’t take boinking seriously anymore.”

Jacob Fitzsimmons, Food Safety Technician

Jacob Fitzsimmons, Food Safety Technician

“If our nation spent less time on pube trimming, we’d have more time for war.”

William Fritz, Credit Analyst

William Fritz, Credit Analyst

“I have a lot of unexamined psychological issues surrounding sex, relationships, and power, and this is the only way I can see to resolve them.”

Paul Alvarez, Bartender

“If you saw my dick, you’d know no one’s touching that thing just for fun.”

Alyssa Mireles, Cashier

“If you have too much casual sex, you could forget how to masturbate.”

Sam Gerber, Parking Attendant

Sam Gerber, Parking Attendant

“Casual sex takes precious time away from casual racism.”’

Homer Saldanha, Sales Manager

Homer Saldanha, Sales Manager

“It would be easier to list the things that I don’t think should be illegal.”

You’ve Made It This Far..

You’ve Made It This Far..

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March 6, 2024
Biden Announces Nation’s Vibrators Will Buzz At 2 P.M. Today In Test Of Emergency Stimulation Program

WASHINGTON—Spreading the word ahead of time so that Americans wouldn’t be caught off guard, President Joe Biden announced that all of the nation’s vibrators would buzz at 2 p.m. today in a test of the Emergency Stimulation Program. “This routine test of the ESP will be automatically directed to every consumer vibrator in the country, which will simultaneously begin to emit quivering pulses until the stimulation drill is over,” said the commander in chief, noting that citizens should turn off any wands, plugs, bullets, or other electric dildos ahead of the test if they didn’t plan on becoming aroused at that time. “Remember, it’s only a test, so you will not be required to climax at this time. This is merely a safeguard to ensure the federal government can reach your erogenous zones if we ever need to quickly and effectively get you all off. We just want to be prepared in case, God forbid, one of our foreign adversaries ever threatens to make you come harder than we do.” The White House later released an Emergency Stimulation Program fact sheet detailing the creation of the national network of sexual pleasure devices during the Cold War, when the country was in a heated race with the Soviet Union to develop the world’s first military-grade fuck machine.

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October 6, 2023
U-Haul Truck Carrying Nazi Flag ‘Intentionally’ Crashes Near White House

A driver has been arrested on charges of threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president, or their family members after he allegedly plowed a U-Haul truck into security barriers near the White House while carrying a Nazi flag. What do you think?

“I just hope this doesn’t perpetuate the stereotype that all Nazis are bad drivers.”

Lance Boor, Unemployed

Quiz: Could You Pass A Police Officer Entrance Exam?

“Weirdly, that’s the only thing fully covered under U-Haul’s insurance.”

Debbie Harkonnen, Freelance Folder

“So now anyone with a Nazi flag trying to kill the president is automatically a Nazi?”

Jonas Rangel, Pet Haberdasher

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May 24, 2023
No One Wanted To Adopt This Poor Dog Because He Was A Registered Sex Offender, But He Found A Home With Me

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April 28, 2023
Apologetic Don Lemon Clarifies A Woman’s Relevance Is Not Defined By Age, But Conventional Attractiveness

NEW YORK—Walking back his previous comments that Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was past her “prime,” an apologetic Don Lemon clarified to reporters Tuesday that a woman’s relevance was not defined by age, but by conventional attractiveness. “It doesn’t matter if a woman is in her 20s or her 70s, her value is only dependent on how hot she is by traditional beauty standards,” said Lemon, adding that as long as a woman has an hourglass figure and symmetrical features that are pleasing to the eye, she can continue to be a valuable contribution to society way past 40. “The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ was unartful and irrelevant, and I realize that being younger does not automatically give someone more worth, especially if they’re overweight. The only requirement a woman needs in order to have any relevance is to be a total smoke show.” Lemon continued that he was extremely sorry for suggesting that Nikki Haley was past her prime when really all she needed was a little Botox or filler.

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February 21, 2023
FDA Moves To Ease Blood Donation Rules For Gay And Bisexual Men

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed easing blood donation guidelines for gay and bisexual men, doing away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex with men. What do you think?

“But what if a life-saving transfusion from a gay man forces me to examine my prejudices?”

Brent Hamlin, Grain Inspector

“I guess they got all the homophobia out of their system with the Monkeypox coverage.”

Damien Cicchelli, Freelance Agitator

“I’m glad we’re doing away with the last remaining shred of anti-gay prejudice in our society.”

Audrey Davila, Insult Cataloguer

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January 30, 2023
Twitch Streamer Pokimane Wants Tougher Laws On Revenge Porn

Screenshot: Pokimane / Kotaku

One of the biggest female streamers on Twitch wants to take a harder stance on revenge porn—nude photos that are posted online without their owners’ consent. Imane “Pokimane” Anys said in a recent Twitch stream that it should be “illegal” to possess nudes without their owners’ consent, and that she wanted to work towards “facilitating legislation” against it.

“There are some companies that I’m going to message…not companies. Organizations that are involved in certain causes. I’m going to be like…Listen: If you ever need someone to…” Pokimane made talking hand gestures on stream. “I’m your girl. Because I think if you wanna pass a bill, you usually go in front of a group of politicians and you explain your cause…I’ll do it.” Kotaku reached out to Pokimane to ask which organizations she planned to work with, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

Pokimane was initially vague about what she was taking a stance against, but she eventually clarified that she was talking about revenge porn. “I think it should be illegal to even have your phone, your PC, on your anything…having photos that someone doesn’t consent to you having.”

There are several reasons why she is taking this stance now. Pokimane talked about how her viewers would message her about how their former partners would leak their nudes. She felt that those individuals were rarely punished for “ruining” girls’ lives. “So many things online go without repercussions and they really shouldn’t,” she said.

The U.S. currently has laws against revenge porn in nearly every state. But as Hasan Piker pointed out in a recent stream about Pokimane’s comments, enforcement against revenge porn is complicated and murky. Cops are hardly the most empathetic or competent investigators of gendered violence. Besides that, surveilling every electronic device for revenge porn would be a massive privacy violation. “The only way you can tackle revenge porn is at the point of distribution,” he said.

Pokimane seemed optimistic about preventing revenge porn by stigmatizing it. “If [an ex] shares [nudes] with someone, that person should be so scared of having that photo because the person whose photo they have—didn’t consent to giving it to them.”

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December 28, 2022
Indonesia Bans Sex Outside Of Marriage

Indonesia’s parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex, including tourists while visiting, with the law carrying a one-year jail term. What do you think?

“Can I just do community service if it’s a handjob?”

Antony Pezzullo, Sedimentationist

“It’s none of the government’s business whether I see the gates of heaven or not.”

Blanche Creegan, Deli Slicer

“As long as everyone can repress all their sexual urges, I don’t see this having disturbing consequences.”

Marcos Cipolone, Freelance Admiral

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December 7, 2022