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

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

3:44 – Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 

4:29 – Queer News headlines

5:10 – Nex Benedict we speak your name today

13:36 – Government officials can refuse to marry you in Tennessee

14:13 – Promote your business on the Queer News podcast. Book an ad today! Email info @ e3rradio.fm 

14:38 – HIV/AIDS advocate & icon Hydeia Broadbent passes away

16:10 – The Catholic church calls Cecilia Gentili’s homegoing services a scandal

20:00 – A new book is out that explores gender in all of its beautiful forms

21:39 – Anna’s Got a Word


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Transcript

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. 

It’s that time to talk about the QCrew! Thank y’all so much for supporting the work of this podcast. Our Queer News community receives a weekly email sharing our top queer news stories, an unedited video from me about our top stories, and now first dibs on our exclusive interviews. The QCrew helps to supplement the costs of pod; podcast hosting, editing, marketing, PR, travel, etc. If you believe in the work we do. If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified. If you love and respect how I report on the news and tell our stories, join the QCrew. A link is in the show notes. 

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!

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Sources 

Grieving Nex Benedict: the Brutal Killing of 16 year old Nonbinary Student in an Oklahoma High School

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2024/02/grieving-nex-benedict-the-brutal-killing-of-16-year-old-nonbinary-student-in-an-oklahoma-high-school/#

Oklahoma non-binary high schooler dies after physical altercation

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/02/19/oklahoma-non-binary-high-schooler-dies-after-physical-altercation/

16-year-old Owasso student laid to rest after unexpected death

https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/police-investigating-16-year-old-owasso-students-death

Oklahoma student dies one day after fight in high school bathroom

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/oklahoma-student-dies-one-day-fight-high-school-bathroom-rcna139643

Update on Student Passing

https://www.owassops.org/apps/news/article/1887342

Non-binary student, 16, dies after girls ‘beat her head across the floor’ in bathroom assault: reports

https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/oklahoma-student-dagny-benedict-dies-after-school-assault/

Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen’s death was not result of injuries from high school fight

https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-owasso-student-death-nonbinary-nex-04f1c51924860d77877016810bc05762

‘DID NOT DIE AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA’: OWASSO POLICE DETAIL NEX BENEDICT’S DEATH, FAMILY ISSUES NEW STATEMENT

https://www.newson6.com/story/65d667c15addee06680e5ba0/did-not-die-as-a-result-of-trauma:-owasso-police-detail-nex-benedicts-death-family-issues-new-statement

LIVE UPDATES: The Death of Nex Benedict and Community Response in Oklahoma

https://glaad.org/live-updates-the-death-of-nex-benedict-and-community-response-in-oklahoma/

Exclusive: Search warrant filed in Nex Benedict death, school searched for blood, records

https://archive.is/YO6d1#selection-657.0-657.89

Nex Benedict Loved Cats and Video Games and Reading

https://www.autostraddle.com/nex-benedict-tribute

Family member shares messages sent by 16-year-old Owasso student day before death

https://www.fox23.com/news/family-member-shares-messages-sent-by-16-year-old-owasso-student-day-before-death/article_a08a9600-d069-11ee-a555-a721a9701cad.html

Oklahoma student describes school fight the day before their death in new video

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/oklahoma-student-describes-school-fight-day-death-new-video-rcna140341

‘It could have been me’: At Oklahoma vigil for Nex Benedict, mourners call for action

https://www.advocate.com/news/nex-benedict-vigil

New Tennessee law allows officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/new-tennessee-law-allows-officials-refuse-perform-sex-marriages-rcna140011

Activist Hydeia Broadbent, who rose to prominence as a child living with HIV, dies at 39

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/hydeia-broadbent-hiv-aids-activist-death-rcna139805

Advocates Demand Catholic Officials Apologize for Calling Cecilia Gentili’s Funeral a “Scandal”

https://www.them.us/story/cecilia-gentili-funeral-trans-catholic-scandal-demand-apology

A pious Church and Cardinal Dolan trashes a dead trans woman who, like Jesus, helped the marginalized

https://www.advocate.com/voices/cecilia-gentili-dolan-marginalized

New kids’ book Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! explores gender euphoria amid LGBTQ+ book bans

https://www.advocate.com/books/lindz-amer-gender-euphoria-book

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