Seventeen years ago we reported on a woman named Jennifer Thompson — a rape victim who was devastated to learn, years after her assault, that she, and the police, had identified an innocent man who was convicted and sent to prison, while the actual rapist had gone on to attack several more women. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crime-victims-form-unlikely-bonds-with-wrongfully-convicted-60-minutes-transcript/

In recent weeks, as Donald Trump’s renovation project at the Reflecting Pool became an embarrassing fiasco, the president settled on a curious strategy to deflect blame. He contended “vandals” had secretly attacked the pool, and it was their intervention, rather than his incompetence, that ruined the Republican’s triumph. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-justice-department-indicts-former-olympian-in-odd-reflecting-pool-case

Loaded and emotive, the term “gay icon” is often applied to resilient female celebrities like Judy Garland (embattled), Cher (high camp) and Madonna (tireless). https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260623-how-3rd-century-saint-sebastian-became-a-gay-icon