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It was the moment she knew she needed to come out publicly as a gay woman and fight for gay rights within her party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

She also held several positions with the United Nations and became an advocate for women's rights, including improved conditions for women in prison.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

It hopes the UK government could fully safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Jingye and other Chinese companies as well as global investors, the statement went on to say.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The ideas of “the rights of man, the theory of revolution, and calls for popular sovereignty—all of these developed earlier in London than in the colonies,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Even as a free man in Virginia, Isaac lived under written laws that restricted the legal rights of free blacks and the code of unwritten rules that applied to black people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis