f Editorial

Our ten-year celebration of Fashion, Style & Popular Culture (FSPC) ends with the arrival of new associate editors, editorial board members and innovative scholarship. Editor Joseph H. Hancock, II discusses how various state legislatures targeting gender identity, seeking to block health care for trans kids, and preventing young queer people from joining sports teams, among other issues. Retailers such as Target Corporation have become victims of right-wing conservative protestors who demand the retailer remove their 2023 pride shops in the front of their stores. Fashion is a driving force of gender identity and gender expression. By teaching others on the importance of fashion, style and popular culture in the LGBTQIA community is crucial for new generations to stop hate – this must end.