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The three founders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers were invited to Ethel Kennedy’s funeral Wednesday where they delivered a eulogy full of gratitude to the champion of human rights causes. Kennedy died Oct. 10, 2024. She was 96. From left to right: Lucas Benitez; Laura Germino and Greg Asbed.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers among eulogizers for Ethel Kennedy

Eileen Kelley

Ethel Kennedy, widow of the late Robert F. Kenney Sr., was remembered Wednesday for lifting an emerging Coalition of Immokalee Workers out of obscurity when she came to the dusty tomato fields to understand and champion their fights over the decades.

Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., July 21, 2021. Brandt, a teenager, is among several transgender youth and families who are plaintiffs challenging a state law banning gender confirming care for trans minors. A nonprofit that launched last year to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine, has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, producing model legislation that an Associated Press analysis found has been used in at least three states.

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Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, AP finds

The Associated Press

At least 17 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, though judges have temporarily blocked their enforcement in some, including Arkansas. An Associated Press analysis found that often those bills sprang not from grassroots or constituent demand, but from the pens of a handful of conservative interest groups.

Representatives of several civil society organizations and Latin America experts had a panel discussion at the FIU law school.

Human Rights Advocates Voice Concerns About Central America Conference

Isabella Cueto

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Vice President Mike Pence are all expected to visit Miami this week for...

Human Rights Watch Opens Office In Miami – But Not Just For Latin America

Tim Padgett

Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s major international human rights organizations, inaugurated its new office in Miami on Tuesday night. But if you...

Cape Coral’s LGBT Protections & Statewide Equality Efforts

Matthew F Smith

The Cape Coral City Council unanimously voted to add protections for LGBT city employees to existing anti-discrimination policies last week, making Cape…

Southwest Florida Women Organize to Join 'Women's March on Washington'

Matthew F Smith

On Saturday, Jan. 21—the day after the presidential office transitions to new Commander in Chief—millions of women are set to converge on the U.S. Capitol…