No longer relegated to the realms of nuendo and secrecy, today we see a wi range of genr inti and sexual orientatns reprented on televisn and mastream film alongsi cisgenr people. 2SLGBTQ+ (two-spir, lbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans, queer and genr and sexually diverse muni) people see their reflectns on screen a wi variety of rol. And yet, there rema many challeng.
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ALL THE WAYS TO LOVE YOU: TRACG THE EVOLUTN OF LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN IN POP MICWE NEED TO SUPPORT ARTISTS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY NOT JT DURG PRI MONTH, BUT ALL YEAR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 28, 2019/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}GETTY IMAGBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 28, 2019 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ALL THE WAYS TO LOVE YOU: TRACG THE EVOLUTN OF LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN IN POP MIC","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-06-28T12:00:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-06-28T12:00:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY LUS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPRENTATN OF LGBTQ+ LOVE MIC HAS E A LONG WAY THIS PAST ALONE. TODAY, ARTISTS ACROSS THE QUEER RABOW SPECTM LIKE TROYE SIVAN, HAYLEY KIYOKO, FRANK OCEAN, AND HALSEY HAVEN’T PROMISED THEIR POSNS ABOUT WHO THEY TLY LOVE FOR THEIR POSNS POP STARDOM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY DON’T HAVE TO. THAT AN OPENLY GAY PERSON IS ABLE TO LYRILLY AND VISUALLY SHARE THEIR STORY OF A DREAMY ROMANCE WH ACCURATE PRONOUNS AND A VOTED FAN BASE CHEERG THEM ON SHOULD BE THE NORM AS MUCH AS IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKE THE ASCENNT ATRALIAN SUPERSTAR SIVAN, FOR EXAMPLE; "BOY, TELL ME ALL THE WAYS TO LOVE YOU," HE SGS TO THE GUY OF HIS EYE "LUCKY STRIKE." HEARG AND SEEG A MAN A MIC VIO DAYDREAM ABOUT ANOTHER MAN IS I N RELATE TO AND, FOR ONCE, FEEL SEEN BY THE MEDIA THAT PREVLY PAID NO MD TO STORI LIKE SIVAN OR MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS MORE QUEER PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARE G OUT AND EMBRACG THEIR SEXUAL AND GENR INTI, POP STARS LIKE SIVAN, KIYOKO, KIM PETRAS, AND MORE ARE REFLECTG THE TIM, TELLG OUR STORI, AND SPOTLIGHTG OUR RELATNSHIPS THROUGH THEIR MIC. IN A MEDIA-DRIVEN SOCIETY, 'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR VOIC PRENT AND AFLOAT WH TENTNAL LANGUAGE LIKE PRONOUN E AND OUTRIGHT VISIBILY. MICIANS ARE FDG THEMSELV MORE EE TO PH BACK AGAST HATEFUL AND EXCLNARY THKG, AND G THEIR ART TO NTUE TO UPLIFT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. THE WORLD STILL HAS A WAYS TO GO ACCEPTG QUEER PDA — BOTH MIC AND ON A LARGER SOCIAL SLE — BUT THE STRIS BEG MA ARE SOMETHG TO BE PROUD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT GALLUP POLL, 4.5 PERCENT OF AMERINS POLLED INTIFIED AS LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENR (LGBT) 2017, AN CREASE OM 4.1 PERCENT 2016 AND 3.5 PERCENT 2012. MY OWN G-OUT STORY IS FOREVER TETHERED TO POP MIC WHEN, 2006, VIS ON THE FAY PUTER STEMMG OM THE FILE-SHARG PROGRAM LIMEWIRE LAID BARE WHICH KD OF MIC I WAS GRAVATG TO, AND TURN SERVED AS A GOOD A TIME AS ANY FOR ME TO CLARE THAT I'M ATTRACTED TO MEN AND NOT WOMEN. BUT WHEN I FIRST ME OUT, I ONLY KNEW OF A FEW LGBTQ+ ARTISTS; WOULD TAKE OVER A FOR THE PENDULUM TO SHIFT A MEANGFUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A GAY MIC FAN, 'S BEEN EMPOWERG TO SEE AND HEAR HOW THE MIC DTRY HAS BEE MORE CLIVE TO QUEER LOVE, PECIALLY AS MIRRORS THE U.S.’S SIGNIFINT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS WS OVER THE PAST . MASSACHETTS LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2004; A HOST OF STAT FOLLOWED SU UNIL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEME THE LAW OF THE LAND 2015. ACRDGLY, ARTISTS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND ALLI ALIKE HAVE STEPPED UP LIKE NEVER BEFORE TO SHOW AND TELL THEIR STORI OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE PEOPLE WE KNOW TODAY AS QUEER INS — QUEEN'S FREDDIE MERCURY, ELTON JOHN, AND GEE MICHAEL OF WHAM! — WERE OPEN ABOUT THEIR SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS AT POTS THEIR LIV, THAT WASN'T DIRECTLY REFLECTED THEIR MIC AT THEIR REER PEAKS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE WEREN’T EFFORTS TO NVEY THOSE FEELGS; RATHER, THEIR SEXUALI WERE SUPPRSED, EHER BY THEMSELV, THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM, OR THE MIC DTRY AS A WHOLE. IN 1981, JOHN MISSNED A VIO FOR "ELTON'S SONG" WHERE A SCHOOLBOY CSH ON A MALE CLASSMATE. AT THE TIME, WAS EMED SO NTROVERSIAL THAT WAS NEVER PLAYED ON TV AND WAS ONLY RELEASED ON A VHS VERSN OF HIS ALBUM THE FOX. IN THE '80S, AN ARTIST’S QUEERNS WERE OFTEN D, BY WAY OF THEIR FLASHY AND FLAMBOYANT STAGE PERSONAS AND MIC VIOS, A NCSN THAT WAS NEVERTHELS GROUNDBREAKG FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT THIS , QUEER ARTISTS HAVE BEEN BRAVE GRADUALLY SHG LIGHT ON THEIR TE RELATNSHIPS THEIR MIC. LADY GAGA'S SELF-LOVE ANTHEM "BORN THIS WAY" H NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART 2011. SHE LATER PERFORMED AS PART OF HER SET AT THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW 2017 AND BEME THE FIRST ARTIST TO SG THE WORDS "GAY," "LBIAN," "BI," OR "TRANSGENR" AT THE EVENT, PROUDLY REPRENTG HER BISEXUAL INTY TO 117.5 LN VIEWERS. OCEAN REVEALED HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN A 2012 LETTER FOLLOWG THE RELEASE OF HIS LANDMARK BUT, CHANNEL ORANGE. PANIC! AT THE DIS’S BRENDAN URIE, ME OUT AS PANSEXUAL 2018. EXPECTATNS SGER KIYOKO'S ADMIRG, QUEER DIENCE LLS HER “LBIAN J," AND SHE REF TO DIMISH HER SEXUALY ANY WAY. HALSEY AND LREN JREGUI LLABORATED ON THE BISEXUAL ANTHEM, “STRANGERS” 2017. GERMAN STAR KIM PETRAS, WHOSE BUT ALBUM CLARY DROPPED AT THE END OF THIS PRI MONTH, IS A VISIBLE, RISG TALENT FOR THE TRANSGENR MUNY. HOLLAND, WHO HAS BEEN LLED "THE FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL," STOOD MARKED FIANCE TO SOUTH KOREA'S MARKED TOLERANCE TOWARD THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WH HIS MIC VIO FOR "I'M NOT AAID," WHICH HE MAK OUT WH ANOTHER MAN. BRAZILIAN DRAG QUEEN PABLO VTAR EVEN KISSED DIPLO THE VIO FOR LAST YEAR'S "ENTãO VAI," ("THEN GO"). AND BRISH SGER-SONGWRER MNEK PTURED A PLITED, NFSNAL FEELG HIS NUANCED LOVE SONG, “GIRLIEND,” SGG, “NEHER YOU NOR YOUR STORY IS STRAIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LIST IS BY NO MEANS PREHENSIVE, AND BY NOW, ULDN’T BE: THE EXAMPL OF LGBTQ+ SUCCS POP MIC ARE UNTLS, AS THEY SHOULD BE. AFTER ALL, WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TALLY UP THE STANC OF SAME-SEX LOVE SONGS. WE SERVE JT AS MANY ANTHEMS. OUR OS ARE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH WIRED LAST YEAR, ELENA MARIS, A PH.D. NDIDATE AT UNIVERSY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ANNENBERG SCHOOL OF COMMUNITN WHO HAS STUDIED QUEER FANDOMS ONLE, NOTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTISTS SEIZG THEIR QUEER INTI AND STORI ONT OF FANS. "YOU N PICK ANY TYPE OF ARTIST AND SEE THAT THEIR FANDOM FDS MEANG WHO THEY ARE THENTILLY AND HOW THAT RONAT WH THE FAN'S INTY," SHE SAID. "I THK THAT'S WHERE THE QUEER FANS ARE FDG THEMSELV NOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALLYSHIP THIS SPACE HAS BEEN CCIAL, TOO. IN THE LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S, MADONNA CLUD A LEAFLET HER 1989 ALBUM LIKE A PRAYER TLED "THE FACTS ABOUT AIDS" THAT LLED "AN EQUAL OPPORTUNY DISEASE" DURG A TIME WHEN THE AIDS EPIMIC THE U.S. WAS BEG ERRONEOLY AND DANGEROLY LKED TO QUEER RELATNSHIPS. IN HER BANNED MIC VIOS FOR "JTIFY MY LOVE" AND "EROTI,” SHE HIGHLIGHTED QUEER FLGS ON SCREEN. OVER A LATER, CHRISTA AGUILERA CLUD A GAY UPLE KISSG HER EMPOWERG VIO FOR "BETIFUL." WHEN SUICI RAT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WERE RISG AT THE START OF THIS , MORE POP STARS BEME ALLI WH THE "IT GETS BETTER" MOVEMENT, WHICH LED TO MOMENTS LIKE ANOTHER GAY UPLE KISSG KATY PERRY'S "FIREWORK" VIO AND NICKI MAJ "STARSHIPS" RAPPG, "FUCK WHO YOU WANT AND FUCK WHO YOU LIKE." AFTER CLARG “YOU N WANT WHO YOU WANT” ON 2014’S “WELE TO NEW YORK” OM 1989, TAYLOR SWIFT RECENTLY DOUBLED-DOWN AS AN ALLY WH THE MIC VIO “YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN,” WHICH TAK AIM AT HOMOPHOBIA WHILE CELEBRATG THE QUEERNS OF HER CELEBRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT EVEN WH THE PASSAGE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE U.S. — AND WH QUEER LOVE VISIBILY ON THE RISE POP — HATE CRIM AGAST THE QUEER MUNY HAVE CREASED BY 17 PERCENT 2017. IN THE FACE OF THAT HATE, WE NEED TO NTUE TO BE OUR THENTIC SELV ABOVE ALL AND LOVE WHO WE WANT WHOUT FEAR. AS WE'RE PHG FOR MORE REPRENTATN ACROSS THE BOARD ALL SPAC, QUEER BODI ARE UNR ATTACK. FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, OUR EXISTENCE IS OUR RISTANCE AND 'S WHAT WE NEED TO NTUE TO UPLIFT AND ADVANCE OUR FOLX AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST OCTOBER, I SAW SIVAN ON HIS HEADLG BLOOM TOUR. HE PERFORMED “LUCKY STRIKE” AND TOOK A MOMENT TO STAND AWE OF THE SEATS FULL OM AN ALL-QUEER BILL THAT CLUD OPENERS PETRAS AND CARLIE HANSON. AFTER THE NCERT, I OVERHEARD AN OLR GAY UPLE RAVE ABOUT THE SGER’S VISIBLE PRI AND SEXUALY ON-STAGE; WAS AN CREDIBLE MOMENT FOR THEM, A MARKER OF WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE’VE E OM: “WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHG LIKE THAT GROWG UP,” ONE SAID TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS WHY WE LOOK TO POP INS TO HELP LEAD THE WAY. AND IF WE WANT MORE OF OUR STORI TO BE TOLD AND REPRENTED, WE NEED TO SUPPORT ARTISTS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY NOT JT DURG PRI MONTH, BUT ALL YEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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