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The artist Jean-Michel Pancin used the original door and floor measurements to replicate Oscar Wilde’s cell in the chapel of Reading Prison in England. Justin Tallis/Agence-France Presse — Getty Images

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Just days after the British government announced posthumous pardons for men convicted of homosexual acts, I sat in the chapel of Reading Prison, where Oscar Wilde was incarcerated from 1895 to 1897. I was listening to the stage and screen actor Maxine Peake read from “De Profundis,” the 50,000-word letter Wilde wrote from his cell to his lover, Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas.

I had been here before over the last few weeks, for an arts project that gathered performers to interpret Wilde’s letter. Each one brought something different to the role — steeliness, bewilderment, detachment. Ms. Peake’s Wilde had a lightness of tone, and drew laughter.…  Seguir leyendo »

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On October 1, the clock restarts on the United States' annual admission of refugees. The U.S. refugee program's goal is to resettle 75,000 refugees in America during the 2016 Fiscal Year. President Barack Obama announced earlier this month that of that 75,000, 10,000 slots would be set-aside specifically for Syrians.

According to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, in the past year only about 100 known lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) refugees were resettled in the U.S. -- a dismal number considering how many LGBTI refugees are running for their lives. Power unveiled that number during last month's historic, first-ever LGBT "Arria"—an informal session--before the U.N.…  Seguir leyendo »