During Florida s contentious legislative session, two Republican lawmakers filed legislation to prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools. State Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Kaylee Tuck argued it was necessary to preserve the integrity of competitive, segregated sports and claimed that transgender athletes have an unfair advantage over cisgender females.
Stargel temporarily postponed the Florida Senate bill on April 20, and the measure was considered dead. Instead, part of the bill was hastily tacked on as an amendment to a bill about charter schools. Ignoring impassioned pleas from trans-rights groups and Democratic lawmakers, the Republican-dominated legislature passed the bill on April 28, including the transgender-athlete amendment.
If you don t have a government-issued ID in Miami-Dade, you can t rent an apartment, register your kid for school, check out a library book, open a bank account, seek medical care, or get vaccinated for COVID-19.
People living without IDs a group that includes minors, formerly incarcerated people, the homeless, undocumented residents, victims of domestic violence, and those in the process of a gender transition can t prove who they are and are often barred from accessing basic services. But community advocacy groups are trying to change that. A community ID is a small piece of the broader work of uniting people and helping them feel more of a sense of belonging in their community, says the Rev. Aaron Lauer. Lauer s Congregational United Church of Christ in Coral Gables is a member of People Acting for Community Together (PACT), an interfaith group that has been pushing for a community ID program in Miami-Dade for years.
More than two dozen states, including Florida, introduced laws this year to impose restrictions on transgender athletes.
Two Florida Republican lawmakers, Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Kaylee Tuck, filed legislation in early March to bar transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools. Supporters of the legislation say they re trying to maintain the integrity of competitive, segregated sports and argue that transgender female athletes have an unfair advantage over cisgender females, partly because of hormonal differences.
The proposals sparked an outcry from activists and Democratic lawmakers, and the measure was considered effectively dead earlier this month. But by way of some legislative trickery, part of the bill was tacked on as an amendment to a bill about charter schools. This week the Republican-led Florida legislature passed that bill including the amendment banning transgender girls from playing on female sports te
Regans, an artist-in-residence for the nonprofit legal-aid organization Community Justice Project, has now turned tenants testimonies into an audio/visual installation called A Little More Time to raise awareness about housing insecurity in Miami-Dade.
The nine-minute video project includes the words of five tenants who were fighting eviction cases but who ultimately were removed from their homes. To commemorate International Workers Day, it will debut this coming Saturday, May 1, at the Miami Workers Center, 720 NW 55th St., from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Over much of the past year, Community Justice Project lawyers defending renters against evictions have pored over hundreds of such testimonies, and housing organizers with the Miami Workers Center have knocked on doors to offer support to people at risk of losing their homes.
Maybe you re not a fan of making appointments. Or you can t keep one to save your life, because Miami time. Maybe putting things off is your favorite sport. Or maybe you re just feeling a little lazy lately. (No shame in that!)
If you want to get the vaccine at your leisure, you can find it at the following places. Minimal effort required.
Drive-thru sites
Homestead Sports Complex, 1601 SE 28th Ave.
Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St.
Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152nd St. Appointments are required. Register online by visiting Miami-Dade s vaccination program page or call 305-614-2014.
Hard Rock Stadium
The Pfizer vaccine is available at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on a first-come, first-serve basis. No appointment is necessary.