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A former State Department official who worked on international LGBT issues was sworn in on Tuesday as the next U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe.

On August 26th, Huseyin Cetinel, accidentally became an LGBT hero in the Cihangir neighborhood of Istanbul.  The 64-year-old Turkish retiree spent four days and 40 kilograms of paint to beautify the 145 steps connecting the Findikli District to Cihangir.

On September 9, a judge in Guyana overturned a 120-year-old law that banned cross-dressing.

In an op-ed for the New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his opposition to a U.S. strike against Syria that, in the end, rang hypocritical.

Aiding to the ongoing talks and debates about marriage equality in Southeast and East Asia, more than 1,200 Taiwanese people joined in on a public mock wedding held in Taipei on Saturday.