#and feeling somehow detached from cis lesbian circles is weird because I'm getting to a point where lesbian is my primary identifier
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beginning to wish i was exposed to queer internet spaces a bit later so i could have just existed for a while, its really hard to think about my gender when I haven't spent a single period of time not analyzing it since i was 13
#idk i think i could have used at least a couple years of just iding as a cis allo lesbian to see how it felt#like before even thinking about other possibilities#idk having id'd as aro for my entire teen years and never really considered my identity before claiming that term made it really hard#to realize that wasn't the case at 17-18#and i wonde if i had just been gay for like a second if i could have skipped that#and now I'm re-questioning my gender and I don't even know#at this point i think even if i had had the possibility of being cis at some point my perception of gender is so fundamentally altered#from trying to fit myself into boxes for like 7 years#that it still would not be remotely the same as the gender of a cis woman#idk I've been consuming a lot of lesbian content#and feeling somehow detached from cis lesbian circles is weird because I'm getting to a point where lesbian is my primary identifier#so i want to fully connect with that#but my experience is so different from a lot of people#because i never got to be a teenage girl#or let myself be one? idk#idk if i even id as a girl or a woman now at all i just wish things were less complicated#feeling dyke feelings generally#*when i'm screaming at the sky
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Sean "Diddy" Combs acquitted on top charge in sex-crimes trial, split verdict from jury
After nearly two months of daily court appearances in his hometown of New York City, Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing a split verdict, acquitted on the top charges and convicted of a lesser sex-crimes charge.
On July 2, a 12-person jury delivered a bombshell split decision in Combs' case, which started May 5 in Manhattan federal court. Jurors found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted him on the top charge of racketeering and both sex trafficking counts.
Combs, who was charged with two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering for leading what prosecutors alleged was a criminal organization over two decades, has long maintained his innocence. He previously pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Combs has been incarcerated at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested on Sept. 16.
Prosecutor Maurene Comey opposed the defense's request for Combs to be released immediately following the verdict. "There is serious, serious conduct here that will mandate a lengthy period of incarceration," she said.
Combs' trial is among the most noteworthy of the #MeToo era, following explosive cases against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, R&B singer R. Kelly, and A-list actors Kevin Spacey and Johnny Depp.
The case of Combs is particularly challenging, wading into the murky gray areas of consent and coercion, complex workplace dynamics, and the myriad ways that people cope with trauma.
How long could Diddy be in prison?
Combs faced a maximum sentence of life in prison for the racketeering charge. Sex trafficking has a 15-year mandatory minimum and maximum of life in prison. Transportation to engage in prostitution carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Combs' verdict comes a year and a half after allegations of sexual assault and trafficking started mounting against the embattled music mogul following a bombshell lawsuit from his former girlfriend of a decade, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine, over alleged trafficking, sexual assault and abuse. The two "amicably" settled the lawsuit one day later for $20 million, but his team has claimed her legal action kicked off the criminal investigation into the Bad Boy Records founder's alleged behavior.
Federal prosecutors claimed Combs led a "criminal enterprise" that operated on sex trafficking, kidnapping, drug offenses and forced labor, among other crimes. Combs leveraged his wealth and celebrity status to "fulfill his sexual desires" in a "recurrent and widely known" pattern of abuse, investigators alleged.
The Grammy-winning rapper and producer, who once reigned with his A-list frequented White Parties, has also staunchly denied allegations brought forward in approximately 80 sexual assault lawsuits, which detail alleged incidents dating back to the 1990s.
Source: Sean "Diddy" Combs acquitted on top charge in sex-crimes trial, split verdict from jury
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