DeSantis Picked the Wrong Fight in Miami Beach
6/21/20267 min
Jonathan Cohn reports from South Beach on the fight over a beloved LGBTQ landmark, the history of Miami Beach’s queer community, and how a symbol many thought was gone ended up becoming permanent.
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Jonathan Cohn· Host0:58
Welcome to Miami Beach, the land of sun and sand, glamour and glitz, and also a capital of gay culture in America. Of course, Miami Beach is also in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis has been carrying on his campaign against woke culture. And last year, he tried to get rid of one of the city's most beloved landmarks, a tribute to the gay community and everything they have contributed to Miami Beach. Now, he did not succeed. A coalition of city officials, activists, business owners, they got together, they saved the landmark. They refused to