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"I was a really strong woman, and I became like a rag doll. It has taken me a lot of work to get back to my former self, but the pain in my soul is still there."
Soyoka Yamamoto petitioned Tokyo's governor to adopt a "partnership system" to protect same-sex partners. She hopes full marriage recognition is next.
Italy's Piacenza Hospital is dedicated to returning personal items from deceased COVID patients to their relatives — no matter how logistically or emotionally difficult it may be.
"He was my high school math teacher. ... I owe this man a big thank-you, because even as he was dying, I never stopped learning from him."
"Because we were forbidden from yelling or singing, I could hear some fans letting out whimpers, as if trying to get out their emotions any way they could."