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! 

 

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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

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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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