Nex Benedict we speak your name today, HIV/AIDS advocate & icon Hydeia Broadbent passes away and the Catholic church calls Cecilia Gentili’s homegoing services a scandal – February 26, 2024
This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn reports on the tragic death of Nex Benedict. Nex, we speak your name today. In politics, government officials can refuse to marry you in Tennessee. In culture & entertainment, HIV advocate and shero Hydeia Broadbent passes away at 39. The Catholic church where Cecilia Gentili’s funeral services were held called it a scandal and a new book is out that explores gender in all of its beautiful forms. Let’s go!
00:00 – Welcome to the Queer News podcast
00:51 – Queer News is nominated for an Ambie
3:00 – Anna responds to comments from the Queer News listenership survey
Family, it’s your favorite queer radio personality Anna DeShawn and this is Queer News. Your fav weekly news pod where race & sexuality meet politics, culture, and entertainment.
I’ve got some amazing news to share! Boom boom boom. [INSERT HORN SFX under my voice]. Queer News has been nominated again for an Ambie. This is the second year in a row. Last year I submitted us in the DIY category and this year I decided to go for the big boi category. The news category and we got it. We are nominated alongside Odd lots: Pot Lots from Bloomberg. Start here from ABC Audio. The Decibel from The Globe & Mail. Today, explained from Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Tug of War: Israel-Hamas War from CNN Audio. Up First from NPR. We are nominated alongside these multi-million dollar podcasts. Amazing! And that’s not all. Our Qube Original podcast Second Sunday got its first nomination in the best personal growth/ spirituality podcast. I only submitted two and we got both nominations. I have to give a big shoutout to our fellow PRX Big Questions cohort pod Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech that was also nominated in this category. We did that! All of this is mind blowing in the best possible way. Boom boom boom. That one was for Second Sunday.
Okay now as promised I want to answer the questions you left for me in the survey. Well I’ve done it. I’ve answered all the questions. Now for the comments you left. The one that appeared most often was a request for additional resources and support. I hear that and I’m currently working with an organization to do just that. I’m not sure what it will look like just yet but just know I heard you and I’m working on it.
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Now for the news. Our top story is of course about Nex Benedict. Nex, we speak your name today and I will give you a rundown of what we know to date. In politics, government officials can refuse to marry you in Tennessee. In culture & entertainment, HIV advocate and hero Hydeia Broadbent passes away at 39. The Catholic church where Cecilia Gentili’s funeral services were held called it a scandal. A new book is out that explores gender in all of its beautiful forms. Let’s go!
