Joe Biden - Biden says U.S. may resume sanctions on Myanmar after apparent coup

Daniel Payne

Politico

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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Myanmar/US - Miss Universe celebrates its first openly gay contestant

Jessie Yeung
CNN

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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Myanmar - Toilets with threatening auras

Nyo Ma
Myanmar Times

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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Myanmar - Myanmar's LGBT community find freedom at spirit festival

Grace Brown
CNN

Taung Byone, Myanmar

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The brutal reality transgender women face under Myanmar's 'darkness law'

Joshua Carroll
Mashable

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ezs note:  If you are visiting Myanmar on business or pleasure, please contact the ambassador and let him/her that you would like to see Section 377 revoked, and unless there is clear evidence of a crime, transgender people will not be harassed. Thanks! 

Gay People In Myanmar Can't Live Openly. Here's Why

Dominique Mosbergen
The World Post/The Huffington Post/Berggruen Institute

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Gay Subject of Bold Documentary Warns of Ongoing Rights Violations in Myanmar

Khet Mar / translated by Joshua Lipes
Radio Free Asia

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Sex work and violence (India)

Sohaila Abdulali
Live Mint

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