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    LGBT festival opens in Burma after first public launch party
    February 1, 2018in Lead Story, News79by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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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…

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    Obituary: Olive Yang, princess turned opium warlord turned peace broker
    July 18, 2017in Lead Story, News, Obituary2by COCONUTS YANGON
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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
    August 20, 2015in Lead Story, News, Politics169by ANGUS WATSON / DVB
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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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    April 9, 2014in DVB Debate, Lead Story, News, Politics, Society, Video323by DVB
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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.

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    March 29, 2014in Feature, Lead Story, News, Society, Video134by ZAW HTET
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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.

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    September 11, 2013in Culture, Features, Lead Story, Video73by ALI FOWLE / DVB
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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.

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