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VIDEO: Meet LGBT History Month icon Holly Near

(Editor's note: October is LGBT History Month, celebrated annually to recognize the notable achievements of LGBT people throughout time. Each day this month, Equality Forum will feature one LGBT icon who has made notable contributions to society and SDGLN will publish the story here in the Causes section.)

Holly Near is a singer, songwriter and activist for social change. She is an articulate political artist.

COMMENTARY: Aung San Suu Kyi - The Nobel speech 21 years in the making

On June 16, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi finally delivered an acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on her 21 years ago. To her people, Suu Kyi has long been the symbol of the freedom movement against Myanmar’s military dictatorship. Her push for democracy and iconic status as daughter of General Aung San, an independence hero of the country, led to her being kept under house arrest for many years. Becoming one of the world’s most prominent political prisoners, she won the Nobel award in 1991. But Suu Kyi was detained and unable to accept the prize.

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