{"id":31169,"date":"2023-03-14T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31169"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:41:08","slug":"florida-to-revoke-hyatt-regency-miami-license-after-sexually-explicit-show-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/14\/florida-to-revoke-hyatt-regency-miami-license-after-sexually-explicit-show-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida to revoke Hyatt Regency Miami license after \u2018sexually explicit\u2019 show with children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami\u2019s alcohol license for hosting a \u201csexually explicit show with children present,\u201d according to the governor\u2019s office Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS.jpg 1140w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA Drag Queen Christmas\u201d performed on Dec. 27 at the James L. Knight Center, which is\u00a0reportedly\u00a0connected to the Hyatt Regency Miami.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong>administrative complaint<\/strong>\u00a0said minors younger than 16 years of age were at the show where \u201cperformers appeared on stage wearing sexually suggestive clothing and prosthetic female genitalia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show allowed minors if they were accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Dec. 27, 2022, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation warned the Hyatt Regency Miami against hosting a sexually explicit show with children present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the department, the venue proceeded with their plans and conducted an investigation which determined that the venue violated Florida statutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department is revoking the venue\u2019s license for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law. Governor DeSantis stands up for the innocence of children in the classroom and throughout Florida,\u201d said Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Florida\u2019s Voice reporter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flvoicenews.com\/fact-check-explicit-christmas-drag-show-welcomed-all-ages-prompting-florida-investigation\/\"><strong>attended<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the Miami show and gathered video, which displayed \u201cScrewdolph the Red-Nippled Reindeer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint said performers engaged in \u201cacts of simulated sexual activity, and lewd, vulgar, and indecent displays\u201d that included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Performers forcibly penetrating or rubbing exposed prosthetic female breasts against faces of audience members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intentionally exposing performers\u2019 prosthetic female breasts and genitalia to the audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intentionally exposing performers\u2019 buttocks to the audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simulating masturbation through performers\u2019 digitally penetrating prosthetic female genital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graphic depictions of childbirth and\/or abortion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami\u2019s alcohol license for hosting a \u201csexually explicit show with children present,\u201d according to the governor\u2019s office Tuesday. \u201cA Drag Queen&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[4762],"class_list":["post-31169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-florida-to-revoke-hyatt-regency-miami-license-after-sexually-explicit-show-with-children"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}