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Pete Buttigieg, eyeing a presidential run, holds Iowa town hall

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Trans service members fight COVID-19 under ongoing ban

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New stock exchange initiative promotes LGBTQ inclusion in private sector

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Former Uruguayan president José Mujica dies at 89

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