Courtney Mabeus has worked as a journalist for nearly 15 years. Her three-part series “No Turning Back” received a first place National Headliner Award as well as an award for excellence in feature writing from the Association of LGBTQ Journalists in 2019. She has most recently worked on staff for Navy Times and The Virginian-Pilot, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others.