Death Confirmed Onboard Atlantis Events' Oasis of the Seas Gay Cruise

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• Oliver Stark wants to keep exploring Buck's bisexuality on '9-1-1'
• Dramatic video captures chopper pulling pregnant woman from Disney cruise ship
• Death Confirmed Onboard Atlantis Events' Oasis of the Seas Gay Cruise
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• Canada warns LGBTQ travelers to be cautious of U.S. laws
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Enter your email address below to receive daily email updates including news, giveaways and more. “We offer our sincerest condolences to Cameron Robbins’ family and friends," Spado said. In 2020, a 46-year-old Florida man died after jumping 10 stories from the Oasis of the Seas in Puerto Rico during an Atlantis charter.

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He handles a wide variety of cases from serious injuries to the highest profile sexual assault and cruise crime cases. The local police in the Caymans apparently issued a statement to the effect that "there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death."  This is a ridiculous statement. Perhaps there is no evidence of a murder, but clearly a death of a 37 year old man healthy enough to go on a vacation cruise is inherently suspicious. "Atlantis has been doing these cruises for decades and is so professional and welcoming," fellow passenger Eric Patton, who is from Tennessee, told Nashville's Tennessean. "I know that their hearts have to be broken over all this. They've handled this so professionally and with such kindness to the passengers. It really feels like a brotherhood on here. It's just so sad this happened." The LGBTQ travel company chartered the ship for a week-long cruise from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Supreme Court’s ruling in the landmark 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County case, the department’s revised policy clarifies that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity constitutes sex-based discrimination as defined under the law. The claims could not be verified by the outlet, and have not been confirmed by law enforcement or the cruise line, but CEO Rich Campbell confirmed Mindrum's identity to the Blade. A death has been confirmed aboard Atlantis Events' 30th Anniversary Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas.

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While a representative said the death was "nothing out of the ordinary," they referred The Advocate to Royal Caribbean for comment on cause of death. According to CBS News reporter David Begnaud, who's been tweeting updates, surveillance video shows a "clean jump" by the man, who dropped 177 feet into the water while the ship was docked just off Puerto Rico's north shore in San Juan Bay. She shares videos updating followers about where the ship is in the world and seemingly trolls her followers with pineapple swag and signs. But she maintained that she and her husband are not swingers in one video. MDMA (also known as ecstasy) along with Zolpidem (a version of Ambien), ketamine (an anesthetic) and MDA (a psychedelic amphetamine) were found in his system at the time of his death, according to the report.

Death Confirmed Onboard Atlantis Events' Oasis of the Seas Gay Cruise

A bill to ban the “gay panic” defense has passed the state house and was due for a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday. It is our hope that the legislature will pass robust, much-needed updates to this statute,” the statement says. The attorney general’s office sent a statement to the Blade supporting stronger hate crime legislation. Under the senate bill, if the first offense is only a threat, it would be a misdemeanor punishable by one year in prison and up to $1,000 fine. A subsequent offense or first violent hate crime, including stalking, would be a felony that attracts double the punishment. Arbit submitted a new version of the bill (House Bill 5288) that added sections clarifying that misgendering a person, “intentionally or unintentionally” is not a hate crime, although the latest version (House Bill 5400) of the bill omits this language.

But that proposal stalled when it reached the senate, after far-right news outlets and Fox News reported misinformation that the bill only protected LGBTQ people and would make misgendering a trans person a crime. State Rep. Noah Arbit, the bill’s sponsor, was also made the subject of a recall effort, which ultimately failed. Michigan could soon become the latest state to pass an LGBTQ-inclusive hate crime law, but the state’s Democratic lawmakers disagree on just what kind of law they should pass. During the cruise, multiple images have circulated on social media that show few to no signs of distancing. Last week, Atlantis Events set sail with a reported 4,700 travelers on the Oasis of the Seas. Given the ongoing global pandemic, a much-discussed New York Times article questioned whether the ship could keep its occupants safe.

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Organizers vowed to implement various social distancing methods but still sold the ship at almost full capacity. Cruises to Antarctica are becoming more popular, even though rough seas and a harsh climate make the trip more dangerous. Four Americans died in three separate incidents during cruises there last November, so the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. A passenger on Royal Caribbean International’s nine-month Ultimate World Cruise has died. Adita, who is on the ship with her husband, has gained more than 65,000 followers on TikTok and frequently posts about her days aboard the Ultimate World Cruise.

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The death was confirmed by Atlantis Events, with a representative describing it as “nothing out of the ordinary” and directing further inquiries regarding the cause of death to Royal Caribbean. The trip takes passengers across the seas over 274 nights to all seven continents, over 60 countries and 11 world wonders, including the Taj Mahal in India and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil. Taylor’s best friend and former costar Reed Timmer was among the first to publicly grieve his passing on social media. In the 2022 case, The Advocate reported a death aboard the Oasis of the Seas during Atlantis Events’ 30th Anniversary Cruise. Department of Justice, reported hate crime incidents have been skyrocketing, with attacks motivated by sexual orientation surging by 70 percent from 2020 to 2022, the last year for which data is available.

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A member of our Care Team is providing support and assistance to his family,” he added. “I can confirm that we had a death onboard and that it was unexpected and not suspicious,” the spokesperson said.The details of the passenger’s death have not been publicly disclosed. Cruise Law News notes speculation that indicates Yu may have died from a drug overdose. In 2012, a 30-year-old British male passenger aboard the Allure of the Seas went over the railing from his stateroom.

"A mostly anonymous commenter wrote in response to his tweet that the death was from a "legit (non-drug related) medical issue. There has been a death onboard the Atlantis Events' 30th Anniversary Cruise on Royal Caribbean's�Oasis of the Seas, the Advocate reported. The U.S. Coast Guard has ended their search for a Louisiana teenager who went overboard during a sunset cruise in the Bahamas on Wednesday night. Several passengers on board have been consistently documenting the journey on TikTok, sharing a peek into life at sea.

"My brother died Wednesday morning ... on the cruise ship. We have received hardly any information from the cruise line," she wrote in a post on Reddit. The identity of the man who died during the “world’s biggest gay festival at sea" has been revealed, along with the alleged details surrounding the circumstances of his untimely passing. Cruise ship accidents, injuries, crimes, disappearances, fires, and collisions on the high seas involve issues of maritime law. Jim Walker graduated from law school in 1983 and has been handling maritime law cases for the past thirty-five years.

The Biden-Harris administration’s revised Title IX policy “protects LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and other abuse,” Lambda Legal said in a statement praising the U.S. “We are in the depths of grief about losing Jonathan, and we also have important questions about the circumstances of his death and emergency services provided to him,” he added. Craig Mindrum, Jonathan Mindrum’s father, in a statement to the Blade said his son was a “brilliant person as a professional consultant and thinker.” Craig Mindrum also noted his son was completing a master’s degree in data science at Northwestern University. The itinerary that Atlantis Events posted to its website notes the ship was scheduled to arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 7 a.m. “He had a very bright future ahead of him, so losing him is a loss not just to us but to the world,” he said. “We are in the depths of grief about losing Jonathan, and we also have important questions about the circumstances of his death and emergency services provided to him."

It began its trip to the Asia Pacific on Sunday and will continue to the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Europe through Sept. 10. Rumors about a death on the Serenade of the Seas began after popular content creator Adita, who goes by @aditaml2759 and is traveling on the Ultimate World Cruise, said that the voyage "had its first death" in a TikTok uploaded on Sunday. Though an investigation is already underway, Castrodad says the Coast Guard has yet to inspect the cruise ship. The Oasis of the Seas, known for its extensive amenities and entertainment options, was navigating with about 5,200 guests, according to Atlantis Events’ website. The itinerary included visits to several Caribbean destinations, offering a blend of parties, performances, and social activities. In a Facebook post Tuesday, a local drag personality announced he was running for the office of mayor once held by the late Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, who died last month just a few months into his fifth term.

He added that “the rumor mill aboard the ship is saying that he took a fentanyl-laced ecstasy tablet that he purchased on board." Thursday night, Chris Wiggins, a freelance journalist who has written for USA Today, tweeted that he had confirmed a death of "at least one person" on the ship. The cruise line’s Serenade of the Seas ship is currently operating the 274-night sailing, which will visit more than 60 countries and marks Royal Caribbean’s first world cruise. Videos about the sailing proliferated on TikTok following its December departure from Miami, with guests sharing clips from their trip and other users recapping apparent “drama” a la reality TV. Cruise lines have protocols in case a passenger passes away during a sailing, and most of the biggest vessels have morgues where they can store bodies as needed, The Points Guy reported. As previously reported, in 2009 GLAAD board member Spencer Yu, a Los Angeles attorney, died of a heart attack allegedly due to drug use while on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas.

The critique of – Atlantis Events’ cruises on Royal Caribbean ships have been plagued by arrests, drug use, passengers going overboard, alpha-alpha-alpha codes & drug-related shipboard deaths over the years. –  seems a little pointed, but again somewhat true and resonates with the gay cruises, but then again, “those kind of cruises” are always under a spotlight and judged heavily even before the ship leaves the port. According to a November 2020 study in the International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, covering data from 2000 to 2019, 623 people died aboard cruise ships, with 89 percent being passengers and 11 percent crew members. The majority of these passenger deaths were among U.S. residents, and the leading causes included falls overboard or onto lower decks, suicide, murder, and terror attacks, unspecified natural causes, and cardiac incidents. According to a November 2020 study in the International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, covering data from 2000 to 2019, 623 people died aboard cruise ships, with 89 percent being passengers and 11 percent crew members. We are actively providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones at this time.

Commenters on the gay community blogs Queerty and JoeMyGod bickered about the use of drugs during Atlantis sponsored events. The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered the body of an unidentified 46-year-old Florida man who died after jumping 10 stories from Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas during an Atlantis Events charter. She said the guest was an elderly woman who was traveling alone and died in her room. So it’s not a good thing to hear, but when you hear it, you know there will be assistance on the way.