{"id":931616,"date":"2025-03-20T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?p=931616"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:04:00","slug":"get-to-know-these-eight-shining-glaad-media-institute-alumni-included-glaadaward-nominated-projects-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/get-to-know-these-eight-shining-glaad-media-institute-alumni-included-glaadaward-nominated-projects-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know These Eight Shining GLAAD Media Institute Alumni Included #GLAADaward-Nominated Projects This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the country the <a href=\"\/institute\/\">GLAAD Media Institute<\/a> \u2013 the organization&#8217;s training, consulting, and research leg \u2013 met thousands of LGBTQ change agents working together to bring representation, accuracy, and truth to journalism that covers the at-large LGBTQ community. Eight stories featuring GLAAD Media Institute alumni \u2013 those that have partnered with GLAAD\u2019s \u201cGoing Local\u201d programming \u2013 are included among 75 journalism nominations for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stories featuring alumni are celebrated for shifting news representation from sensationalized disinformation to the truth about LGBTQ life today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get to know the GLAAD Media Institute Alumni featured in 36th GLAAD Media Award-nominated journalism:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kenan Arun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, director of operations at LGBT Asylum Project in San Francisco, was featured in a TV Journalism nominated CBS News story by Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/transgender-asylum-seekers-sf-lgbt-asylum-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Asylum: Transgender asylum seekers find hope through San Francisco\u2019s LGBT Asylum Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Arun, along with all the leadership of the LGBTQ Asylum Project, was a part of media training for LGBT Asylum in 2019 led by Ross Murray, Vice President of the GLAAD Media Institute. The CBS News segment was nominated for its focus on the struggles of LGBTQ immigrants, and the organizations designed to help.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe nonprofit primarily assists asylum seekers from countries like Russia, Brazil, the Philippines, and parts of the Middle East. To date, the LGBT Asylum Project has successfully helped more than 150 individuals secure asylum in the United States,\u201d reports Martinez.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Late last year, Arun said that the organization has around 250 active asylum cases, and in 2024 they took on 87 new cases. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/under-president-trump-ice-arrests-have-increased-627#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2D%2DToday%2C%20DHS%20Secretary,for%20ALL%20of%20last%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a 627% rise in arrests<\/a> for detention and deportation since Trump took office, asylum seeking is particularly harrowing in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Transgender asylum seekers find hope through San Francisco&#039;s LGBT Asylum Project\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AlYuezqQh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jeanne Pepper <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Gideon Bernstein<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the mother and father of the late-Blaze Bernstein, talked on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blaze-bernstein-murder-sam-woodward-hate-crime-california-48-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS 48hrs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in November 2024 about the life and death of their son Blaze. In this TV Journalism &#8211; Long form nominated story, the world learn about Blaze. He was a chef and an artist from Los Angeles going to an Ivy League school with a family that only saw the dazzling light he cascaded on his world. Blaze\u2019s life was taken by a neo-Nazi member of a small violent hate group called &#8220;Atomwaffen,&#8221; known to be both virulently anti-LGBTQ and antisemetic. Young Blaze was targeted due to his sexuality and Jewish culture and religion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pepper and Bernstein worked with GLAAD\u2019s Communication department and the GLAAD Media Institute to help tell their stories through the media and through the ongoing grief that would follow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd the first time I saw him, I looked in his eyes,\u201d Jeanne Peeper told CBS reporter Tracey Smith, \u201c\u2018there is something about this baby, he\u2019s gonna change the world someday,\u2019\u201d Pepper continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Life and Death of Blaze Bernstein | Full Episode\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ksUjEdvh1yw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Minnesota Rep. Leigh Finke <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLAAD\/videos\/rep-leigh-finke-on-cnn-gender-affirming-care-is-healthcare-healthcare-decisions-\/2179831405767938\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNN Newsroom Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a segment \u2013 nominated for Live TV Journalism Segment or Special award \u2013 called \u201cDiscusses Gender Affirming Healthcare with Pamela Brown\u201d where the GLAAD Media Institute alum talked about the necessity of healthcare access. Finke has been to numerous GLAAD Media Institute training sessions over the years, and has spoken and organized a couple of briefings with the institute. Most recently she ran into the education &amp; advocacy team at the 2024 LGBTQ+ International Leaders Conference in which the GLAAD Media Institute hosted messaging and media training in addition to interview consulting, and practice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022 Finke became a part of a Democratic trifecta in both houses of Minnesota\u2019s legislature and the governorship. She also became the first openly transgender elected in Minnesota\u2019s state legislature during this time, ensuring trans healthcare was part of progressive priorities for the state. In 2023, Finke helped to pass the &#8220;trans refuge&#8221; law in Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGender affirming care is healthcare. Healthcare decisions belong in the home, in the doctor\u2019s office, not in the courts, not with politicians,\u201d Finke told CNN in the GMA nominated news package. \u201cWe do not do this for other forms of healthcare, we are doing it because trans people are trans and that should be illegal, and I hope that the court will find it so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGLAAD%2Fvideos%2F2179831405767938%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Josiah Robinson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Oklahoma lawyer and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vice chair of the city of Tulsa&#8217;s Human Rights<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has been working with the GLAAD Media Institute since 2023. He helped co-organize a \u201cGoing Local\u201d media training in Tulsa hosted for Equality at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. He has since penned many op-eds, and has helped GLAAD Media Institute consult and support the chosen family of Nex Benedict in February of 2024 ahead of the media interviews that followed Benedict\u2019s death. Since then, Robinson has been a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his Print Article nominated op-ed, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tulsaworld.com\/opinion\/column\/opinion-celebrating-10-years-of-marriage-equality-more-lgbtq-history-left-to-write\/article_52fbb306-909e-11ef-8677-b3fe14c32340.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opinion: Celebrating 10 years of marriage equality, more LGBTQ+ history left to write<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Robinson reflects on the LGBTQ community\u2019s history that lives on with us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI won\u2019t sugarcoat how exhausting it can be at times to exist in Oklahoma as a queer person, but I\u2019m also hopeful for the direction we are going as a city,\u201d writes Robinson.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_931617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931617\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-931617\" src=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Owasso High School student holds a sign that reads &quot;No More Murdered Indigenous Relatives&quot; outside the high school during a walk out. The sky is blue with scattered clouds, a pride flag lays in the distance where the edges of the photo blur.\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/19083926\/IMG_1837-1.JPG 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-931617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owasso High School student holds a sign that reads &#8220;No More Murdered Indigenous Relatives&#8221; outside the high school during a walk out; photo by Lana Leonard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo Yurcaba from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interviewed four people close to <\/span><b>Nex Benedict<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 a 16-year-old who died after a physical altercation at Owasso Public High School \u2013 and one neighborhood ally in their Online Journalism Article nominated story titled \u201cFriends Remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as \u2018fiery kid.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Ally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Tyler Wrynn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Nex\u2019s former teacher), <\/span><b>Robin Gray<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Nex\u2019s ex-partner, and friend), <\/span><b>Spencer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (friend, and shared correspondence with Nex\u2019s grandfather), <\/span><b>Anna Richardson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(neighborhood mom) sat with the GLAAD Media Institute to go through their vigil speeches, and what they wanted to say to a media frenzy that encapsulated both the story of Nex, their truths, and the grief that gripped them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey were always someone who was never afraid to be who they are,\u201d Ally told Yurcaba. \u201cIt was like wherever [Nex] went, you were going to accept them, and if you didn\u2019t, that was your problem, and they were going to make it your problem. They were very confrontational.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A piece in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-new-yorker-documentary\/zooey-zephyrs-defense-of-trans-lives-in-a-deep-red-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Yorker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Tammy Kim (text) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/kimberly-reed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimberly Reed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (film) follows GLAAD Media Institute Alumni and<strong> Montana<\/strong> <\/span><b>Rep. Zooey Zephyr<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a story titled \u201cZooey Zephyr\u2019s Defense of Trans Lives in a Deep-Red State in &#8216;Seat 31.&#8217;\u201d The story is nominated in the Online Journalism &#8211; Video &amp; Multimedia category, and follows the trials and tribulations of Zephyr as a state representative that must defend transgender lives as she does her very own.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen, in April, the legislature took up Senate Bill 99, the one concerning medical care for trans minors, Zephyr said to its proponents, \u2018If you vote yes on this bill, and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there\u2019s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.\u2019 She quickly became a national symbol of L.G.B.T.Q. resistance,\u201d Kim reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GLAAD Media Institute ran into Zephyr and her wife, journalist Erin Reed, at a messaging training session at the 2024 LGBTQ+ International Leaders Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Defending Trans Lives In a Deep-Red State | &quot;Seat 31&quot; (Oscar Shortlisted) | The New Yorker\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeEYFlx9c9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GLAAD Media Institute alum and parent <\/span><b>Lizette Trujillo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and her son <\/span><b>Daniel Trujillo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spoke to Noticia <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundo.com\/noticias\/noticias-telemundo\/elecciones-estados-unidos-2024\/convencion-democrata-lgbtq-derechos-personas-trans-rcna167682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telemundo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Albinson Linares in the GLAAD Spanish Language Media Award-nominated story \u2018Trump quiere borrarnos\u2019: la lucha por los derechos de la comunidad LGBTQ resuena en la convenci\u00f3n dem\u00f3crata\u201d or \u201c\u2018Trump wants to erase us\u2019: The fight for LGBTQ rights resonates at the Democratic convention.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lizette Trujillo has been supporting her transgender son as he tells his story to media outlets throughout the country. The GLAAD Media Institute met Lizette in Phoenix, AZ last spring at the Arizona Student&#8217;s Association (ASA) where Latine, Spanish-speaking LGBTQ advocates got a chance to practice Spanish-language interviews. Just months later, Human Rights Campaign\u2019s Executive Director Kelley Robinson invoked Daniel at the Democratic Convention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s been very exciting because it&#8217;s the first time a transgender youth has been mentioned at the Democratic National Convention. It&#8217;s very encouraging to know that our stories are being told in such big venues,\u201d Daniel Trujillo said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo. See the speech Daniel is mentioned in below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"HRC President Kelley Robinson Speaks at 2024 DNC\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aWvt0rCKwhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In late 2023, Noticias Telemundo Colorado published a TV Journalism nominated story by Jos\u00e9 Quevedo titled\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundodenver.com\/noticias\/local\/mas-alla-de-los-pronombres\/2314506\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cM\u00e1s All\u00e1 de los Pronombres\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or \u201cBeyond Pronouns.\u201d The story follows Latine transgender and\/or nonbinary children and adults with different lived experiences from different backgrounds living in Colorado. The subjects that are interviewed of various generations, explain their journeys while addressing what they need as trans and nonbinary people in society.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telemundo often meets with the GLAAD Media Institute to help with the accuracy of their Latine LGBTQ stories as well as their inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLa experiencia de aceptaci\u00f3n y comprensi\u00f3n de la identidad de g\u00e9nero es un tema crucial en la sociedad. Muchos padres enfrentan desaf\u00edos significativos al recibir la noticia de que un hijo se identifica como no binario. En Estados Unidos, casi dos millones de personas comparten esta identidad,\u201d reports Quevedo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English translation from Telemundo\u2019s website by Google:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u200b\u200bThe experience of accepting and understanding gender identity is a crucial issue in society. Many parents face significant challenges when learning that their child identifies as nonbinary. In the United States, nearly two million people share this identity,\u201d reports Quevedo, as he follows a family with a young nonbinary child named Bryan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Beyond Pronouns\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIYUtrr-MV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>More about the GLAAD Media Institute:\u00a0<\/b>The GLAAD Media Institute provides training, consultation, and actionable research to develop an army of social justice ambassadors for all marginalized communities to champion acceptance and amplify media impact. Using the best practices, tools, and techniques we\u2019ve perfected over the past 30 years, the GLAAD Media Institute turns education into armor for today\u2019s culture war\u2014transforming individuals into compelling storytellers, media-savvy navigators, and mighty ambassadors whose voices break through the noise and incite real change. Activate with the GLAAD Media Institute now at\u00a0<a href=\"\/institute\/\">glaad.org\/institute<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the country the GLAAD Media Institute \u2013 the organization&#8217;s training, consulting, and research leg \u2013 met thousands of LGBTQ change agents working together to bring representation, accuracy, and truth to journalism that covers the at-large LGBTQ community. 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