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Freeman Williams (May 15, 1956 – April 19, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in Los Angeles, California. His career lasted from 1978 until 1993. He played for the San Diego Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz, Tampa Bay Thrillers, Washington Bullets and Miami Tropics. Williams died on April 19, 2022 in Los Angeles at the age of 65.
Ian James Brooks (21 April 1928 – 20 April 2022) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was born in Blenheim, New Zealand. Brooks was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1970 until 1975. Brooks died on 20 April 2022 at a hospital in Blenheim, one day before his 94th birthday.
Javier Lozano Barragán (; 26 January 1933 – 20 April 2022) was a Mexican Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers from 1997 to 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Mexico from 1979 to 1984 and bishop of Zacatecas from 1984 to 1996. Lozano Barragán was born in Toluca, Mexico. Lozano Barragán died on 20 April 2022 while being hospitalized in Rome, Italy for a bowel obstruction, aged 89.
J. Dringwell Rymbai (26 October 1934 – 21 April 2022), better known as J. D. Rymbai, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the United Democratic Party. He was in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from 1983 until 1988 and again from 1993 until 2008. Rymbai was also the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 2006 until 2007. Rymbai was born in Shillong, Meghalaya. Rymbai died on 21 April 2022 in Shillong, aged 88.
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (July 30, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American politician and writer. She represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Schroeder was the first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado. She was born in Portland, Oregon.  Schroeder unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988.  On March 13, 2023, Schroeder died from complications of a stroke at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, at the age of 82.
Diana Louise DeGette (; born July 29, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician. She is the U.S. representative for since 1997. She is a member of the Democratic Party. DeGette was a Chief Deputy Whip from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of Colorado's congressional delegation. She was the Colorado State Representative for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House. DeGette was born in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of American parents. She graduated from Colorado College and New York University.
Erwina Lilia Ryś-Ferens (née "Ryś"; 19 January 1955 – 20 April 2022) was a Polish speed skater and politician. She competed in four Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1988 in all distances from 500 m to 3000 m. She reached fifth place in 1980 (3000 m), in 1984 (1500 m) and in 1988 (3000 m). She won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 1974 and 1975. She unsuccessfully ran for the national and European Parliament in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Ryś-Ferens was born in Elblag, Poland. She died on 20 April 2022, aged 67.
Gloria Gervitz (29 March 1943 – 20 April 2022) was a Mexican poet and translator. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Between August and September 1976, she began writing an organic poem, "Migraciones". She also translated the works of Ezra Pound in Spanish.  In 2011, she received the PEN Mexico Prize for Literary Excellence. In 2019, Gervitz received the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award. Gervitz died on 20 April 2022, aged 79.
Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling (; born 28 April 1988) is a Chilean communist politician, geographer and former student leader. She is the Minister General Secretariat of Government since 11 March 2022. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2014 until 2022. She was president of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECh) and was the main spokesperson of the Confederation of Chilean Students (Confech).
Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie (; July 18, 1937 – March 6, 2005) was a Chilean activist and politician. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) from 1994 until 2002 and then president of the PCCh until her death. She was a critic of General Augusto Pinochet and accused him of committing human rights violations during his seventeen-year dictatorship. Marín died of brain cancer on March 6, 2005 in Santiago, Chile at the age of 66.
Open Fortress is free and easily configured mod for Valve's Team Fortress 2 created by over a hundred developers from the Team Fortress 2 community. It includes a new character, the Deathmatch mercenary, new and modified weapons, and over 50 maps. It also introduces the deathmatch game mode from Quake. Other additions include all the playable characters from Team Fortress Classic and the game mechanic of bunny hopping. On September 10th, 2021, Open Fortress, along with the mod Team Fortress 2 Classic were removed for download due to an arrangement with Valve. By July 1st, 2022, both mods were once again available for download.  Gameplay. Game modes in Open Fortress include deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and duel. In the deathmatch game mode, players move quickly around the map, trying to kill as many opponents as possible. Weapons and powerups are available around the map. The gameplay of deathmatch is based on Quake. In Capture the Flag, players attempt to bring the objective from the enemy base to their own while preventing the enemy from the doing the same. Variants of the game mode are played with the deathmatch mercenary, the mercenaries of Team Fortress 2, or both. Duel is a game mode where two players fight in an arena until a certain number of kills is achieved. This is similar to the unofficial game mode of MGE in the TF2. Other game modes include arena, where players do not respawn and each team attempts to wipe out the entire enemy team, and arsenal, where players face off against waves of computer-controlled enemies.
Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal and could be punished by death. On October 3, 2020, a UN human rights investigator raised concerns over Somali government's backtracking of human rights commitments. According to information collected by the investigator, Somali authorities were regressing on commitments to protect peoples’ economic, social and cultural rights.
Sue Ko Lee (March 9, 1920 – May 15, 1996) was a labor organizer with the Chinese Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Association.  In 1938, she joined the longest strike in San Francisco’s Chinatown's (at the time) history. This strike was a fifteen week long strike against the National Dollar Stores factory. Lee and the other workers who striked were tired of the low wages and poor working conditions they were given. They did not have many job options to choose from, so were forced to take the work they could get at the National Dollar Stores factory. This was because many white owned businesses would not hire them due to the fact that they were Chinese American. She helped organize and lead the strike and delivered speeches. The Dollar Store Strike was successful, in part due to her efforts. The workers got a 5 percent raise, and the conditions in which they were working also started to improve. This strike directly impacted the workers at the National Dollar Stores factories. In addition, after the company closed, more companies, even those that were previously made up of only white people, were willing to hire Chinese Americans. After the strike, Lee also became a leader of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.  Personal Life. Lee was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 9, 1920. She moved to Watsonville, California, as a child. She was the oldest of ten children. At eighteen, she married Lee Jew Hing. He was an immigrant from China. He worked as a bookkeeper for National Dollar Stores, causing Lee to eventually work at the same factory. Sue Ko Lee and Lee Jew Hing had two children together. Lee saved all of her memories, documents, and items from the strike in a scrapbook, and participated in an interview before she died. The interview and scrapbook helped give much of the currently known information about the strike. Lee died in El Cerrito, California on May 15, 1996.
The issue of Human rights in Djibouti is a matter of concern for several human rights organizations. Djibouti is a small African country. It is on the Horn of Africa, The US State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2019 said there were unlawful or arbitrary killings by government agents; arbitrary detention by government agents; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists; criminal libel; substantial interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; significant acts of corruption; and violence against women and girls with inadequate government action for prosecution and accountability, including female genital mutilation/cutting. It states also that the government seldom takes steps to identify and punish officials who committed abuses, whether in the security services or elsewhere in the government.  Minority and women's rights. Female genital mutilation is common. Equality, however, has been making strides; over 50% of judges are now women. According to American advocacy group Freedom House, minority groups such as Yemenis and Afars are not being treated fairly.
Human rights in Eritrea are viewed, as of the 2010s, by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch as among the worst in the world, particularly in regard to freedom of the press. LGBT rights. The Government of Eritrea has denied an appeal by the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review process to legalize same-sex sexual activity. This was said to be "in direct contradiction with the values and traditions of the Eritrean people".
Patricia Theresa "Pat" Maginnis (June 9, 1928 – August 30, 2021) was one of the earliest American abortion rights activists. Before "Roe v. Wade", Maginnis worked towards eliminating rules and regulations governing abortion providers. In addition, she focused on women's rights to control their own body. She shed light on the importance of providing women access to safe and legal abortion services. Maginnis worked to decriminalize terminating pregnancies, speaking out about her personal abortions. She was one of the first people to publicly argue that medical control over women's reproductive rights was destructive and unjust.  Pat founded the Citizens Committee for Humane Abortion Laws promoting safe and legal abortions in San Francisco around 1962. Later renamed the Society for Humane Abortion (SHA), the committee worked to educate medical and legal personal while running a free post-abortion clinic. Additionally, the SHA ran an underground network helping women access abortions. Obtaining abortions was extremely hard to do as it was rare doctors granted exceptions for "therapeutic abortions." Maginnis and other activists would encourage and teach women seeking abortions how to fake these conditions (psychosis, excess vomiting, etc). She handed out leaflets on how a woman could terminate a pregnancy and taught ways to induce abortion at home. Pat was arrested several times as she often went against anti-abortion laws.  Once the Supreme Court ruled that women had the constitutional right to abortions, Maginnis worked on other issues such as gay rights and animal welfare. She regularly protested the Catholic church and it's anti-abortion policies, demanding they take responsibility in cases of sexual abuse by priests.
Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez (December 12, 1925 – June 29, 2021) was a Chicana civil rights activist.  Martínez fought alongside other women fighting for their voting rights. She was also a writer. In 1960, she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) where she helped design a book on civil rights. She also reported on the Delano Grape Strike. Additionally, she participated in the Civil Rights movement, however, she felt lonely as she was a non-black woman. She decided to go home and help people of Mexican descent or heritage. It was in New Mexico that she founded a bilingual newspaper named "El Grito del Norte" which translates to "The Cry of the North." Another reason she moved to Mexico was to fight for land rights agreed upon in the "Treaty of Guadalupe." She lead protests and marches fighting for women's rights. She used her platform to better failing systems around her and helped raise awareness of the sexism and homophobia surrounding Latino culture. She reclaimed the term “Chicana” which was a derogatory term at the time. She did this to fight back against racist ideologies and norms. She worked to unite people that were black and brown and encouraged them to form alliances as they were the main minority populations in the United States. In her writings, she talked about how Chicana women were suppressed by Chicano men. Her writings often had themes of freedom and power for all people of color, specifically women.
Loretta J. Ross (born August 16, 1953) is an activist, author and teacher who has taught at schools and led many activism organizations.  Ross is a visiting professor and during her career has taught at Smith College, Arizona State University and Hampshire College. She has taught classes on topics such as White Supremacy, Human Rights and Calling In The Calling Out Culture. Ross has also written multiple books and has a book that is soon to be released, called Calling In The Calling Out Culture. At Smith College, Ross teaches a class on her ideas about calling in the calling out culture. Ross also talks about calling people in during her TED talk that she gave in 2021. In addition, Ross hosts a podcast, called “Dred Feminist with Loretta J. Ross”. Ross has worked at many human rights and activism organization, including the SisterSong Women Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the National Center for Human Rights Education and the National Black Women's Health Project. In February 2025, her book "Calling In - How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel" was released by Simon &amp; Schuster
Florynce Rae Kennedy (February 11, 1916 – December 21, 2000) was a Black activist and feminist who founded the Feminist Party, which in 1972, nominated Shirley Chisholm for President.  She was one of the first Black women to graduate from Columbia University and she fought her way to get into Columbia Law and became one of the first Black women to graduate and become a lawyer. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, she led and participated in many protests including protesting at CBS headquarters, rallying against President Richard Nixon, protesting against abortion rights, and protesting at Harvard for a lack of women’s restrooms. In 1997 when she was 81 years old and after fighting many health issues, she continued on to fight a sexual harassment case against the National Urban League which was one of the biggest civil rights groups in the United States. Kennedy was a member of the National Organization of Women, or NOW. While she was a lawyer, she helped to end New York's strict abortion laws that were passed in the late 1960's. Kennedy was very engaged in protests, but she was also very influential in combining anti-racist protests as well as protests fighting sexism. She has helped protesters and activists in future generations to understand the combination of the ideas of anti-racism and women’s rights to fight for peace.
Mary McLeod Bethune (or Mary Jane McLeod Bethune; July 10, 1875 - May 18, 1955) was a black educator and civil and women's rights leader.  The daughter of former slaves, Bethune believed that education was the key to racial advancement. She served as the president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and was the founder of the National Council of [Black Women]. She also founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for [Black] Girls, which later became Bethune-Cookman College. At Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for [Black] Girls, she became the first African American woman to serve as a college president. She was a key organizer for the , which was an advisory board to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1945, she was the only African American women to present at the opening of the United Nations, and won the Medal of Honor and . She merged 28 different organizations to help improve the lives of women and their children, and through her organizations she helped African American women into military roles through the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
Transmedicalism is when people think that one needs gender dysphoria to be transgender. The people who think this are called transmedicalists. People who disagree with transmedicalists sometimes call them truscum or transmeds. Some transmedicalists also do not agree with the idea of being non-binary.
Katherine A. Flores (born 1953) is a American doctor of Mexican descent. She develops programs to train more Latin American doctors in the United States. She is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She helped start the National Hispanic Medical Association. Flores works to have more and better doctors serving the Latin American communities in California's Central Valley. She encourages students to pursue careers in medicine and education. The students she works with are not usually encouraged to get education or pursue these jobs. She founded the California Borders Health Education and Training Center (HETC) program, Partnerships for Health Professions Education (PHPE), and the Hispanic Centers of Excellence (HCOE), the California Health Professions Consortium, and the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research. The Latino Center for Medical Education and Research offer the Junior Doctors Academy and Doctors Academy. Both academies support middle and high school students as they get education and study for careers in medical fields. She received a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award in 2010. Childhood and family life. Flores' family moved from Mexico to the United States. They worked on farms. Flores was born in Fresno, California. Her mother died when she was an infant. She was raised by her grandparents. She worked with them in farm jobs from about age four to age 16.  After earning admission and full scholarship to Stanford University, Flores found college a struggle. In particular, she missed her family and community. Flores says support from two classmates kept her in school. She also got involved with advocacy for Latin American farmworkers' rights, including marching with Cesar Chavez. She began working with Latin American organizations in California and the whole United States. She wanted to convince more Latin American people to become doctors. Then Flores decided to go to medical school. She decided that helping other students succeed would also be part of her life's work. She married a professor of teacher education, Juan Flores. They have two children.  Education. Flores studied in Human Biology at Stanford University in 19701-1975. She graduated from University of California, Davis School of Medicine in 1979. After medical school, Flores returned to Fresno.
Jessie Lopez De La Cruz (Jesuita Lopez; 1919 – September 2, 2013) was a Chicano-American who worked with Dolores Huerta and Caesar Chavez to fight for farm worker rights.  She was born in Anaheim, California, and started working on the farm at age 5. In 1932 she worked for the San Juan Capistrano to translate during a farm worker strike. She joined the National Farm Workers Association (later known as the United Farm workers) and was the first female recruiter and became one of the best. She participated in strikes and helped to ban the short-handed hoe, which led to back injuries of the farm workers. She also helped teach farm workers English.  Jessie de la Cruz worked for the Fresno County Economic Opportunity Commission, the Central California Action Associates, and California's Commission on the Status of Women. While working for the United Farm Workers, she advocated for more women in leadership roles. She retired from the United Farm Workers in 1993 and began working in the California Rural Legal Assistance and a Catholic Charity.  She continued to be a political activist until she died in 2013.
Jovita Idár Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was a Mexican American teacher, writer, and activist.  She fought for the right to education, the right for women to vote, and for the rights of Mexican-Americans. She became a teacher in 1903 but quit to write for "La Crónica" (a newspaper owned by her father). In October, 1911 she founded "La Liga Feminil Mexicaista" (the League of Mexican Women). The League of Mexican Women allowed Mexican-American students get access to education. In 1914, she wrote an editorial in "El Progreso" (The Progress) newspaper which criticized the US army interfering in the Mexican Revolution.  She also wrote an editorial supporting women's suffrage. The Texas Rangers tried to shut the newspaper down, but when they came to "El Progreso"’s office, Jovita Idár stood in the doorway so they had to turn back. The officers shut it down the next day when she was not there.  However, she continued to use "La Crónica" to voice her opinions.  Eventually, she and her brothers took it over. For the rest of her life, she used the freedom of the press to keep arguing for civil rights.
David William Kearney (September 8, 1934 – April 20, 2022), known as Guitar Shorty, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was known for his guitar style. He was inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy. Guitar Shorty recorded and toured from the 1950s until the 2010s.  Guitar Shorty died on April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 87.
Jacques Perrin (born Jacques André Simonet; 13 July 1941 – 21 April 2022) was a French actor, producer and director. He was born in Paris, France. His career began in 1957. Perrin was known for his roles in "The Sleeping Car Murders" (1965) as Daniel and in "Z" (1969) as the Photojournalist. He also produced "Z" and "Black and White in Color" (1976) which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Perrin died on 21 April 2022 in Paris, aged 80.