Article: Miami-Dade County, Fla., Activist's Media Award Irks Gay Rights Groups.

By David Cazares, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 22--With a critical vote on whether Miami-Dade County should keep its anti-discrimination protections for gay men and lesbians a few weeks away, the leader of an effort to repeal the law is the subject of a controversy involving Hispanic media figures and gay rights groups.

Eladio Jose Armesto, the spokesman for Take Back Miami-Dade, a coalition of groups urging voters to repeal the law, is expected to be recognized next month by the Hispanic Media 100 Awards, an event created by a private company in Colorado to honor Spanish-language journalists and media owners. ...

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