Transgender models rise in Brazil's fashion scene
Rio de Janeiro joins Paris in embracing transgender models led by Felipa Tavares as agency head Sergio Mattos notes softening homophobic attitudes and broader social acceptance. Tavares, 26, discusses her transition, career start, and ongoing surgery savings while modeling for Brazilian swimwear brands.
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Brazil
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Sergio Mattos
40 Graus Models
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Givenchy
Leandro Cerezo
Love
Kate Moss
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Elite Models
Ana Beatriz Barros
Isabeli Fontana
Minas Gerais
Rio
Sao Paulo
Felipe
Blue Man
Fifty years on Khrushchev era bans revived in Moscow exhibit
The Manezh hall hosts a display of canvases once banned in 1962 during Khrushchev era censorship. Artists recall fear as the premier condemned nonconformist work while critics compare the crackdown to current Kremlin linked charges against Pussy Riot and church‑angered artists.
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Moscow
Nikita Khruschev
Communist Party
Khruschev
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
Manezh Hall
Pussy Riot
Kremlin
Russia
Leonid Rabichev
Rabichev
Politburo
Nikita Sergeevich
Mikhail
Suslov
Aeroflot Airlines
Mexico ruling opens door to gay marriage across the country
The Mexican Supreme Court declared Oaxaca state’s ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional in a unanimous ruling favoring three couples. The decision relies on equal treatment but requires more cases in Oaxaca and four dozen across other states before a nationwide precedent exists.
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Mexico City
Mexican Supreme Court
Mexico
Oaxaca
Miguel Rabago Dorbecker
Iberoamerican University
Jaime Lopez
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