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    LGBT festival opens in Burma after first public launch party

    An LGBT festival opened in Burma on Thursday after authorities allowed organisers to hold the launch event in public for the first time in the Southeast Asian nation where same-sex relations remain illegal.

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    Obituary: Olive Yang, princess turned opium warlord turned peace broker

    Olive Yang, the crossdressing royal-turned-warlord, died on Thursday. She was 90.

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    Mandalay govt vows crackdown on same-sex couples

    Minister Myint Kyu characterised homosexuality as “unacceptable” and threatened to detain and “educate” gay men in particular.

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    DVB Debate: Freedom to love video

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    DVB Debate: Freedom to love

    Panellists on DVB Debate discuss the proposed interfaith marriage law, which is now being considered by parliament, and recognition of LGBT rights.

    A love story for 21st century Burma video

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    A love story for 21st century Burma

    Myo Min Htet and Tin Ko Ko talk about coming out as a gay couple publicly in Burma, and how the surrounding press interest exaggerated their story.

    LGBT community uses Nat Festival to let their hair down video

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    LGBT community uses Nat Festival to let their hair down

    Burma’s largest spirit festival has become a rare opportunity for the LGBT community to dress and act freely.

    Coming out of the shadows video

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    Coming out of the shadows

    Burma’s gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) community recently held the second ever Gay Pride festival in Rangoon. For many years, LGBT people have had to hide their identity, fearing[…]

    Transgender women assaulted by police video

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    Transgender women assaulted by police

    Activists are planning on taking legal action against Mandalay’s police force following reports that the department’s officers sexually humiliated and physically assaulted a group of transgender women last week. Equality[…]

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    Rights group to sue police for ‘sexually assaulting’ trans-women

    LGBT activists are planning to take legal action against Mandalay’s police force following reports that the department’s officers sexually humiliated and physically assaulted a group of transgender women

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