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    Out hip-hop artist/arapper MarcWayne readies D.C. Black Pride performance

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    Brunei announces death penalty moratorium

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    Bill would prompt State Department to review ‘lavender scare’ firings

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    US ‘deeply concerned’ over arrests of LGBTI people in Azerbaijan

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    State Department: Brunei penal code ‘runs counter to’ international human rights obligations

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    State Department disputes HRC claim US refused to sign Chechnya statement

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    State Department releases annual human rights report

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    Judge again rules against State Department in intersex passport applicant case

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    Heather Nauert withdraws name from consideration as next UN ambassador

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    State Department ‘deeply disturbed’ by latest Chechnya anti-LGBTI crackdown

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