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LGBTQ activists in Myanmar join protests against military coup
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losangelesblade.comYANGON, Myanmar – LGBTQ activists in Myanmar have joined the growing protest movement against the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected government.
Min Khant Zin, a drag queen who works at a gay bar in Yangon, the country’s largest city, told the Blade that he and his friends received a lot of media attention after they decided to participate in the protests while in drag.
Khant Zin, who identifies as queer, added this decision was deliberate. “Most of the openly gay people in Myanmar are makeup artists and cross-dressers.
They do not stand out in the crowds when they wear female costumes, but someone with drag costumes will,” said Khant Zin. “This is my intention.” “We want people around the world to know
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