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Supporters of LGBT at the University of the Philippines campus in Manila celebrate Pride Month on June 27, 2013.
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Supporters of LGBT at the University of the Philippines campus in Manila celebrate Pride Month on June 27, 2013.
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Christian demonstrators protest during a gay pride march in December, 2013, in Manila, Philippines.
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Christian demonstrators protest during a gay pride march in December, 2013, in Manila, Philippines.
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An activist in Hong Kong holds a placard with a slogan over the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration against Russia's anti-gay legislation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February, 2014.
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An activist in Hong Kong holds a placard with a slogan over the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration against Russia's anti-gay legislation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February, 2014.
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People in Madrid, Spain react to a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children in Spain in June, 2005.
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People in Madrid, Spain react to a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children in Spain in June, 2005.
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About 50 men accused of breaking laws covering obscenity and public morality cover their faces as they enter a state security court for their trial in Cairo, Egypt in July, 2001.
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About 50 men accused of breaking laws covering obscenity and public morality cover their faces as they enter a state security court for their trial in Cairo, Egypt in July, 2001.
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Then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin stands to vote in the House of Commons in Ottawa to pass the same sex marriage bill in June, 2005.
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Then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin stands to vote in the House of Commons in Ottawa to pass the same sex marriage bill in June, 2005.
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Tshepo Modisane and Thobajobe Sithole kiss at their wedding at Siva Sungum Hall in Kwadukuza, South Africa in April, 2013.
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Tshepo Modisane and Thobajobe Sithole kiss at their wedding at Siva Sungum Hall in Kwadukuza, South Africa in April, 2013.
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Singaporeans dress in pink in support of gays and lesbians as they gather at "Speakers' Corner" in Singapore in June, 2014.
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Singaporeans dress in pink in support of gays and lesbians as they gather at "Speakers' Corner" in Singapore in June, 2014.
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Supporters of gay rights attend the annual canal parade -- a Gay Pride Week event -- in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in August, 2014.
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Supporters of gay rights attend the annual canal parade -- a Gay Pride Week event -- in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in August, 2014.
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U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and gay rights activist James Brewster, center, arrives to present his credentials to Dominican President Danilo Medina in December, 2013, during a ceremony at the National Palace in Santo Domingo.
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U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and gay rights activist James Brewster, center, arrives to present his credentials to Dominican President Danilo Medina in December, 2013, during a ceremony at the National Palace in Santo Domingo.
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Same-sex couples kiss during a protest by the LGBT community at the Bolivar Square in Bogota,Colombia, in November 2012.
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Same-sex couples kiss during a protest by the LGBT community at the Bolivar Square in Bogota,Colombia, in November 2012.