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White Man Claims Self-Defense In Shooting Death Of Black Lover, Gets 1 Year In Prison
Gardner Kent Fraser (mug shot)Folks are outraged over the one-year prison sentence given to a white Florida man who shot and killed his Black male lover.
Gardner Kent Fraser, 32, was charged with – and pleaded guilty to – tampering with evidence in the investigation of the 2018 shooting (and killing) of 31-year-old Dominic Jerome “DJ” Broadus Jr.
But Fraser was never charged for the actual killing of Broadus. Fraser told investigators he shot Broadus in self-defense, and under Florida’s ‘stand your ground law,’ prosecutors are tasked with proving the accused wasn’t acting in self-defense.
A spokesman for the 4th Judicial Circuit issued a statement regarding the charges filed which read, in part, “The investigation has not generated evidence to disprove Fraser’s claim of self-defense.”
“The evidence in this case, Fraser’s unwavering claims of self-defense, and Florida law do not provide support for homicide charges,” added the spokesman. “We are ethically prohibited from instituting criminal charges that we cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
Gardner Fraser being led into a van to go to the Baker County Jail. Fraser will serve one year in County Jail for tampering with evidence connected to the shooting death of #DJBroadus, a man police say he had an intimate relationship with. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/Ho01uJlJA1
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) January 25, 2021
Dominic Broadus Sr, the father of the victim, said Fraser “fatally shot my son in the back of the head twice” to “hide his feminine, bisexual nature.”
He added Fraser attempted to “destroy any evidence of their relationship by deleting all text from his phone and destroying/hiding my son’s phone, then calling three people before reporting the shooting to the proper authorities.”
After shooting Broadus, Fraser was asked if he knew the victim. “Ahh, I believe I do” was his reply.
Police say Fraser got rid of Broadus’s phone in an effort to hide communications between the two men. Even without Broadus’s phone, police were able to determine via forensic analysis of Fraser’s phone that the two men had been involved in an intimate relationship.
Although Fraser had deleted text messages from his own phone, investigators were able to recover 115 phone calls and 35 text messages between the men from Fraser’s phone. According to reports, many of the messages and images were “sexual in nature.”
Dominic Jerome ‘DJ’ Broadus Jr. (image via family)Because Fraser is the son of a retired Baker County police deputy, the case was turned over to the 4th Circuit State Attorney Melissa Nelson in an effort to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest.
But many locals say they believe prejudice and racial bias still came into play in the case.
Anita “Baker” McGoogin, who co-organized protests in support of the Broadus family, told News4Jax, “It’s brought light on to what everyone already knows: The prejudice is here. The racism, that’s here. The favoritism, that’s here.”
Additionally, The Root has reported that Fraser’s family has “deep ties to the Ku Klux Klan.”
At his sentencing, Fraser was adjudicated as guilty, and sentenced to one year in county jail to be followed by 4 years supervised probation with community service.
Judge begins saying he wants to be crystal clear that this sentence is only for what Fraser is charged with Tampering with evidence. Fraser is adjudicated guilty, and sentenced him to 4 year supervised probation, community service, and 1 year in county jail. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/E7FM9GDW3U
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) January 25, 2021
News Round-Up: January 30, 2021
Brody the wonder pup enjoys the sunshine
• Global News: A Canadian clothing line is helping transgender kids feel confident at the beach or pool with bathing suits designed to maximize comfort without compromising style. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Click over to check out the what’s what in LGBTQ publications like Russian model and personal trainer Konstantin Kostin (below) covering DNA Magazine. 
• CNN: Donald Trump has struggled to find lawyers who will take on his impending impeachment case. Trump reportedly wants attorneys to focus on his election fraud claims rather than the constitutionality of convicting a former president. • The Daily Beast: Fox News host Maria Bartiromo agreed with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) that social media platforms ‘appear’ to be bowing down to a ‘woke’ mob. “Yeah, I had—right around the election—one million followers on Twitter,” a somewhat frantic Bartiromo exclaimed. “Now I have under 900,000. Literally in a couple of weeks. I don’t know what’s going on there!” ‘What’s going on’ is that following the invasion of the U.S. Capitol building that Donald Trump incited, Twitter deleted tens of thousands of QAnon conspiracy nutjobs from its platform. Those crazy ass people are the ones many conservatives are whining about regarding ‘lost followers.’
Please say a prayer for Maria Bartiromo tonight 🙏 pic.twitter.com/YffMyVjXqH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 27, 2021
Penn Lt. Gov. Won’t Back Down From Displaying Pride Flag
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (photo: Flickr/GovTomWolf – CC License)Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is currently embroiled in a battle for free speech after he displayed the rainbow Pride flag and the pro-legalization green leaf flag from the balcony of his Capitol office.
Fetterman, an LGBTQ ally, hangs the flags to encourage support for an amendment to the state’s constitution that would outlaw LGBTQ discrimination and for the legalization of marijuana.
According to NBC News, during negotiations for an omnibus spending bill late last year, Republicans (who control the legislature) quietly added a provision that bans ‘unauthorized’ flags on Capitol grounds.
Once Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed the bill into law, state employees removed Fetterman’s flags, folded them, and left them in his office.
The 6-foot-8 Democrat promptly put the flags back on display.
(image via Twitter/JohnFetterman)He told NBC News “he’ll continue to do so if they’re taken down again until the state legalizes marijuana and outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.”
“It’s unbelievable that they actually passed a law to bar me from [flying his flags], so if they want to send the antigay flag police to take them down, then go ahead,” he told The Advocate.
“They came earlier this year and took them down, and I put them right back up,” he added. “Now this week, they took them down again, and when I’m back in Harrisburg on Monday, I’m going to hang them back up.”
On Twitter, Fetterman shaded the Republican lawmakers writing, “The same party that collectively shrugged at its members being photographed at the January 6th Capitol Hill riot, really really has a issues with my weed and Rainbow flag flags but ok.”
The same party that collectively shrugged at its members being photographed at the January 6th Capitol Hill riot, really really has a issues with my weed and 🏳️🌈 flags but ok https://t.co/rHd732MhOE
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) January 28, 2021
So, the PAGOP sent the gay flag police to take mine down today. 🏳️🌈
The LG’s office sent the LG to fly them proudly once again.
Equal Protection Under The Law. 🏳️🌈
Legal Weed ✅ for PA.
How it started. How it’s going. pic.twitter.com/NLJ5uKt6Yy
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) January 26, 2021
A spokesperson for State House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff told NBC News Republicans are just making an effort “to create some uniformity and decorum for what’s outside the Capitol.”
But Fetterman says the clause was a direct swipe and him and his flags.
“It’s flattering to be living rent free in their head like this,” he added.
For the record, the effort to expand the state’s anti-discrimination laws to include LGBTQ people failed this week by a vote of 90-112. Fetterman didn’t hesitate to call out the lawmakers who voted against the bill.
This vote failed 90-112 in the House and it’s tragic and very, very firmly on the wrong side of history. https://t.co/XMzuEiLy2f
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) January 26, 2021
After graduating from Harvard University with a master’s degree in public policy, he ran for mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, in 2005 and won by a single vote. He would end up serving four terms as mayor of the Western Pennsylvania town.
He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016 but lost in the primary. The Democrat in that race would ultimately lose in the general election. Fetterman was elected Lt. Governor in 2019.
Now, several sources say he is now considering another run for the Senate in 2022 as Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has announced his retirement.
News Round-Up: January 29, 2021
(image via Instagram)
• My Central Jersey: Frederick Gattuso, 43, was arrested and charged with one count of third-degree fraudulent voting. Gattuso, a Republican, was charged after an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined Gattuso allegedly voted twice in the 2020 election. • ABC News: More voter fraud – this time in Pennsylvania, and yes, he was a Republican. A criminal complaint alleges a South Park man submitted a mail-in ballot for November’s election in the name of his wife who had died seven years earlier. • Twitter: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) calling the Parkland shooting a ‘false flag’ event: “Anyone suggesting it was fake is either deranged or a sadist.”
I asked Senator Rubio for his thoughts on those like Greene who think Parkland really wasn’t a school shooting. He told me, “Parkland was a real tragedy in which real parents lost real children. Anyone suggesting it was fake is either deranged or a sadist https://t.co/l1L5XLBiFl
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 29, 2021
Virginia Moves To Ban Gay/Trans Panic Defense
Virginia could be the next state to ban the gay/trans legal defense. House Bill 2132, introduced by state Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas), was approved on Friday in the House Courts of Justice Subcommittee by a vote of 6-2. All of the Democrats on the committee plus Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield County) voted in favor of the legislation. State Dels. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) and Les Adams (R-Pittsylvania County) opposed it. From the Washington Blade:
Judy Shepard, Wesley Bizzell of the National LGBT Bar Association and Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth are among those who testified in support of the bill. Out and Equal Workplace Advocates and other groups also submitted testimony in favor of HB 2132.
“Filing this bill as a constituent service request from an out student in Manassas Park reminds me that young LGBTQ people today in 2021 still live with the same fear I did as a 14-year-old freshman in 1998 when Matthew Shepard was tortured and killed for simply existing as a gay man in America,” Roem told the Washington Blade after the vote. “Equality is constituent service and the lives of my LGBTQ constituents need to be protected by the Virginia General Assembly.”
The American Bar Association denounces the gay/trans panic legal defense saying it “legitimizes and excuses violent and lethal behavior against members of the LGBTQ+ community.” “The defense is defined by the LGBT Bar as ‘a legal strategy which asks a jury to find that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is to blame for the defendant’s violent reaction, including murder.'” Currently, 11 states and the District of Columbia prohibit using the legal strategy. The state of Maryland is also looking at banning the practice.
QAnon Rep. Greene Scrubbing Years Of Social Media Posts
QAnon/GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (screen capture)
Searches of Greene’s Facebook show the posts from 2018 and 2019 have been removed. Links saved by CNN’s KFile during a review of hundreds of posts and comments from Greene’s Facebook page are no longer available.
Greene is facing backlash for her conspiratorial social media posts after CNN reported she indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in Facebook comments and videos. The freshman congresswoman from Georgia also deleted videos she posted on Facebook Live where she said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “guilty of treason” and that she will “suffer death or she’ll be in prison” for her “treason.”
Read the full report at CNN.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has also removed this Facebook video where she suggests Pelosi can be executed for treason. “It’s a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason,” she says. pic.twitter.com/cUVT4Bcr06
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 28, 2021
Pelosi Angry Over QAnon Rep. Assigned To House Education Committee
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (screen capture)
Top Democrats in Congress on Thursday blasted congressional Republicans for assigning to the House education committee Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who has identified with the QAnon cult and called deadly school shootings “false-flag” operations.
On Wednesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned the Republican leadership for giving her the committee assignment.
“What I am concerned about is the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives who is willing to overlook, ignore those statements,” she said. “Assigning her to the education committee when she has mocked the killing of little children at Sandy Hook Elementary school. When she has mocked the killing of teenagers in high school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
“What could they be thinking — or is thinking too generous a word about what they might be doing. It’s absolutely appalling.”
Read the full report at the Washington Post. In related news, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) has announced that he will introduce a resolution to expel Greene after recent news reports revealed that Greene had previously called for violence against Democrats on social media. A two-thirds majority is required to expel a member from the House, meaning Gomez’s resolution is almost certain to fail in a chamber where Democrats hold a razor-thin majority.
Reporter: “What do you mean when you say ‘the enemy is within?'”
Speaker Pelosi: “It means we have members of Congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress.” pic.twitter.com/N0NunhOgu4 — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 28, 2021
“Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy must explain how someone with this background represents the Republican party on education issues. He is sending a clear message to students, parents, and educators about the views of the Republican party.”https://t.co/5HuzljwZfW
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 28, 2021
We stand with Parkland survivors against vile harassment and lies from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. @davidhogg111, thank you for being an upstander against violence and demanding Congress take action to prevent school shootings. @mtgreenee @RepMTG #EndGunViolence https://t.co/UUaXZngc6X
— Sandy Hook Promise (@sandyhook) January 27, 2021
“Her very presence in office represents a direct threat against the elected officials and staff who serve our government,” @RepJimmyGomez said in a statement calling for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene @mtgreenee‘s ouster from Congress.https://t.co/diPSiNVKgc via @matthewchoi2018
— Jeremy Siegel (@jersiegel) January 28, 2021
Nominations For 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Announced
The nominations for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced this morning. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community and the issues that affect their lives. Below is the full list of nominees: Outstanding Film – Wide Release The Craft: Legacy (Sony Pictures) Happiest Season (Hulu) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) The Old Guard (Netflix) The Prom (Netflix) Outstanding Film – Limited Release Ammonite (NEON) And Then We Danced (Music Box Films) The Boys in the Band (Netflix) The Half of It (Netflix) I Carry You With Me (Sony Pictures Classics) Kajillionaire (Focus Features) The Life Ahead (Netflix) Lingua Franca (ARRAY/Netflix) Monsoon (Strand Releasing) The True Adventures of Wolfboy (Vertical Entertainment) Outstanding Documentary Circus of Books (Netflix) Disclosure (Netflix) Equal (HBO Max) For They Know Not What They Do (First Run Features) Howard (Disney+) Mucho Mucho Amor (Netflix) Scream, Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street (Virgil FIlms/Shudder) Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV+) We Are The Radical Monarchs (PBS POV) Welcome to Chechnya (HBO) Outstanding Comedy Series Big Mouth (Netflix) Dead to Me (Netflix) Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform) Harley Quinn (HBO Max) Love, Victor (Hulu) Saved by the Bell (Peacock) Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Sex Education (Netflix) Superstore (NBC) Twenties (BET) Outstanding Drama Series 9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX) Killing Eve (BBC America) P-Valley (Starz) Ratched (Netflix) Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) Supergirl (The CW) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) Vida (Starz) The Wilds (Amazon) Wynonna Earp (Syfy) Outstanding TV Movie Alice Júnior (Netflix) Bad Education (HBO) The Christmas House (Hallmark Channel) The Christmas Setup (Lifetime) Dashing in December (Paramount Network) La Leyenda Negra (HBO Latino/HBO Max) The Thing About Harry (Freeform) Uncle Frank (Amazon Studios) Unpregnant (HBO Max) Your Name Engraved Herein (Netflix) Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Dispatches from Elsewhere (AMC) The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) Hollywood (Netflix) I May Destroy You (HBO) Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) Outstanding Reality Program Deaf U (Netflix) Legendary (HBO Max) Queer Eye (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) We’re Here (HBO) Outstanding Children’s Programming “Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!” DuckTales (Disney XD) “Dogbot” Clifford The Big Red Dog (PBS) “Nancy Plays Dress Up” Fancy Nancy (Disney Junior) The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max) Summer Camp Island (HBO Max) Outstanding Kids & Family Programming Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network) Diary of a Future President (Disney+) First Day (Hulu) Kipo and The Age of the Wonderbeasts (Dreamworks Animation/Netflix) The Loud House (Nickelodeon) “Mary Anne Saves the Day” The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) “Obsidian” Adventure Time: Distant Lands (HBO Max) The Owl House (Disney Channel) She-Ra & The Princesses of Power (Dreamworks Animation/Netflix) Steven Universe (Cartoon Network) Outstanding Music Artist Adam Lambert, Velvet (More Is More/Empire) Brandy Clark, Your Life Is a Record (Warner Records) Halsey, Manic (Capitol) Kehlani, It Was Good Until It Wasn’t (Atlantic) Lady Gaga, Chromatica (Streamline/Interscope) Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts (RCA) Pabllo Vittar, 111 (BMT/Sony Music Brasil) Peppermint, A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers (Producer Entertainment Group) Ricky Martin, Pausa (Sony Latin) Sam Smith, Love Goes (Capitol) Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist Arca, KiCk i (XL) Chika, Industry Games (Warner Records) FLETCHER, The (S)ex Tapes (Capitol) Keiynan Lonsdale, Rainbow Boy (Keiynan Lonsdale) Kidd Kenn, Child’s Play (Island Records) Orville Peck, Show Pony (Columbia/Sub Pop) Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher (Dead Oceans) Rina Sawayama, Sawayama (Dirty Hit/Avex Trax) Trixie Mattel, Barbara (Producer Entertainment Group/ATO Records) Victoria Monét, Jaguar (Tribe Records) Outstanding Video Game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) Borderlands 3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles (2K Games) Bugsnax (Young Horses) Hades (Supergiant Games) If Found… (Annapurna Interactive) Ikenfell (Humble Games) Immortals Fenyx Rising (Ubisoft) The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Tell Me Why (Xbox Game Studios) World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (Blizzard Entertainment) Outstanding Comic Book Empyre, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling, Empyre: Aftermath Avengers, by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Oliveira, Valerio Schiti, Manuel Garcia, Cam Smith, Marte Gracia, Triona Farrell, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics) Far Sector, by N.K. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell, Deron Bennett (DC Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy, by Al Ewing, Juann Cabal, Nina Vakueva, Chris Sprouse, Belén Ortega, Marcio Takara, Karl Story, Federico Blee, Guru-eFX, Cory Petit (Marvel Comics) Juliet Takes a Breath, by Gabby Rivera, Celia Moscote, James Fenner, DC Hopkins (Boom! Studios) Lois Lane, by Greg Rucka, Mike Perkins, Gabe Eltaeb, Andy Troy, Simon Bowland (DC Comics) The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic) Suicide Squad, by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran, Adriano Lucas, Wes Abbott (DC Comics) Wynd, by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Aditya Bidikar (Boom! Studios) X-Factor, by Leah Williams, David Baldeon, Carlos Gomez, Israel Silva, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics) You Brought Me the Ocean, by Alex Sanchez, Julie Maroh, Deron Bennett (DC Comics) Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode “Andy Cohen Calls for Change So He Can Donate His Plasma” Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) “Black Trans Lives Matter” Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) “Emily’s Coming Out Story” Red Table Talk: The Estefans (Facebook Watch) “Laverne Cox – Exploring Trans Representation with ‘Disclosure’” The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) “Lilly Responds to Comments About Her Sexuality” A Little Late With Lilly Singh (NBC) Outstanding TV Journalism Segment “Black Trans Activists on Being the ‘Blueprint for the Struggle for Black Freedom’” MSNBC Live with Hallie Jackson (MSNBC) “Dwyane Wade One-On-One: Basketball Legend Opens Up About Supporting Transgender Daughter” Good Morning America (ABC) “Faith, Foster Care and LGBTQ Rights Collide in Supreme Court” ABC News Prime (ABC News Live) “One-on-One with Transportation Secretary Nominee Pete Buttigieg” State of the Union (CNN) “Trans and Non-Binary People Face Voting Barriers Ahead of 2020 Election” (CBSN) Outstanding TV Journalism – Long-Form “ABC News Joe Biden Town Hall” (ABC) “The Deciders” (CBS) “Pride and Protest: Being Black and Queer in America in 2020” (NBC News NOW) “Pride on ABC News Live: The Landmark Decision” (ABC News Live) “Prideland” (PBS) Outstanding Print Article “20 LGBTQ+ People Working to Save Lives on the Frontline” by Diane Anderson-Minshall, David Artavia, Tracy Gilchrist, Desiree Guerrero, Jeffrey Masters, Donald Padgett, and Daniel Reynolds (The Advocate) “The AIDS Quilt Marches Home” by Jason Sheeler (People) “As Homeless Shelters Brace for Funding Cuts, LGBTQ Youths Take Desperate Measures to Get By” by Samantha Schmidt (The Washington Post) “Delaware’s Sarah McBride Makes History as the Nation’s First Openly Transgender State Senator” by Meg Ryan (Delaware Today) “How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event” by Anushka Patil (The New York Times) “It’s Time for a New Tipping Point for Transgender Folks in Hollywood” by Tre’vell Anderson (Out) “LGBTQ Americans Are Getting Coronavirus, Losing Jobs. Anti-Gay Bias is Making it Worse for Them.” by Petruce Jean-Charles (USA Today) “Lutheran High School Athletic Trainer, Coach Says She Was Fired for Being Gay” by Arika Herron (The Indianapolis Star) “States Won’t Collect LGBTQ Data on COVID-19 — and Advocates Aren’t Happy” by Chris Johnson (Washington Blade) “Why Billy Porter is a National Treasure” by Tre’vell Anderson (Essence) Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage The Advocate Billboard People Plus Variety Outstanding Online Journalism Article “The Battle Over Title IX and Who Gets to be a Woman in Sports: Inside the Raging National Debate” by Katie Barnes (espnW.com) “Gay Men Speak Out After Being Turned Away from Donating Blood During Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘We are Turning Away Perfectly Healthy Donors’” by Tony Morrison and Joel Lyons (GoodMorningAmerica.com) “Here’s how Reggie Greer Takes on LGBTQ Outreach for Joe Biden in this ‘Very Personal’ Election” by John Gallagher (LGBTQNation.com) “No Medicine, No Food: Coronavirus Restrictions Amplify Health Risks to LGBT+ People with HIV” by Nita Bhalla and Oscar Lopez (Openlynews.com) “An Oral History of Fashion’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic” [series] by Phillip Picardi (VOGUE.com) “Queer Spaces Project” [series] by Nico Lang, Samantha Allen, Marke B., Matt Baume, Steven Blum, Alexander Cheves, Devlyn Camp, Michael Cuby, James Factora, KC Hoard, Sophie Hurwitz, Michelle Kim, and Daniel Villareal (them.us) “Trans Athletes’ Fight for Inclusion in World Rugby” [series] by Dawn Ennis, Alex Reimer, Karleigh Webb, and Cyd Zeigler (Outsports.com) “Trans Freedom Fighters” [series] by Sam Levin (TheGuardian.com) “Trans, Imprisoned — and Trapped” by Kate Sosin (NBCNews.com) “‘You Don’t Belong Here’: In Poland’s ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ Existing is an Act of Defiance” by Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta (CNN.com) Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia “A Closer Look: Transgender in Kashmir” by Robert Leslie (Business Insider) “I’m an Immigrant Fighting for Queer Rights and Racial Justice” by Abigail E. Disney, Catherine King, Maria Nunez, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Patty Quillin, Julie Parker Benello, Susan Sherrerd, and Lynda Weinman (Refinery29) “Stop Killing Us: Black Transgender Women’s Lived Experiences” by Talibah Newman Ometu, Thomas Blount, Juliana Schatz Preston, and Mariah Dupont (Complex World) “They Will See You: LGBTQ+ Visibility in Advertising” by Brent Miller, Otto Bell, and Jordan Shavarebi (Great Big Story) “Why LGBTQ Rights Hinge on the Definition of ‘Sex’” by Laura Bult, Ranjani Chakraborty, Melissa Hirsch, and Sidnee King (Vox) Outstanding Blog Gays With Kids JoeMyGod Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents The Reckoning TransGriot Special Recognition After Forever (Amazon) Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast Happiest Season Soundtrack (Facet/Warner Records) Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles (Patrik Ian-Polk Entertainment) Out (Pixar/Disney+) Razor Tongue (YouTube) “The Son” Little America (Apple TV+)
NOMINEES FOR THE 32ND ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS SPANISH-LANGUAGE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series Ana (Amazon/Comedy Central/Pantaya) Élite (Netflix) #Luimelia (Atresplayer Premium) Someone Has to Die (Netflix) Veneno (HBO Max) Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism “Decisión de la Corte Suprema Para Comunidad LGBTQ” Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) “La Hermana de Aleyda Ortiz Narra Cómo Salió del Clóset y Cómo se lo Comunicó a su Familia” Despierta América (Univision) “Proyecto ser Humano: La Terapia del Engaño” Camilo (CNN en Español) “Refugio para Pacientes de COVID-19 y Comunidad LGBTI en México” Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) “Sanación Milagrosa” Despierta América (Univision) Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism Article “El Brutal Asesinato de una Mujer Transgénero Conmociona a Puerto Rico y Renueva una Conversación Sobre la Transfobia” por Harmeet Kaur y Rafy Rivera (CNNEspañol.com) “Desapareció en México, Solo se Hallaron sus Restos: La Historia de la Doctora María Elizabeth Montaño y su Importancia para la Comunidad Trans” por Albinson Linares y Marina E. Franco (Telemundo.com) “Entrevistas para el mes del Orgullo LGBT+” por Paula Velasco, Aurora Villaseñor, y Sofía Viramontes (Gatopardo.com) “Elliot Page y el Dilema Social del Género” por Marcos Billy Guzmán (ElNuevoDía.com) “La Historia de un Amor Moderno” por María Torres Clausell (Quién.com) Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia “Abril Zamora: Sin Filtros” (Elle España) “Ciudad de México Prohibe las ‘Terapias’ Contra la Homosexualidad” por Elías Camhaji, Jonás Cortés, y Rodrigo Floriano (El País) “La Liga Deportiva de la Diversidad” por Lucía Anaya (VICE en Español) “Mujeres LGBT+ en México: Ari Vera” (Homosensual) “Soy Trans: El Camino a un Nuevo Despertar” por Sarah Moreno, Esther Piccolino, y José Sepúlveda (El Nuevo Herald) Special Recognition (Spanish-Language) Jesse & Joy, “Love (Es Nuestro Idioma)”
Florida: Trump Plaza Dumps Trump Name
Donald Trump (screen capture)
The Trump name has been dumped from a signature West Palm Beach condominium in the wake of the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
Last week, the board of the Trump Plaza condominium voted unanimously to change the legal name of the twin-tower complex. As a result, former President Donald Trump no longer will have a condo bearing his name across the water from his island enclave on Palm Beach.
The 32-story, twin-tower complex decided to cut its last link with Trump following his actions in inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The condo’s Jan. 19 vote cleared the way for residents to cast a ballot to choose a new name for the luxury condo, where units sell from $1 million to more than $4 million.
“The Trump brand is damaged, so rebranding the complex is a wise move,” said Burt Minkoff, a real estate agent with Douglas Elliman on Palm Beach.
It’s not just Florida, either. Data shows buildings in Manhattan bearing the Trump name have seen their value drop by half. “The Trump name is probably pretty radioactive right now,” realtor Mark Cohen told Business Insider.