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Array – Photo credit: via Vietnam Mobiography / Flickr

Culture, Heroes, Popular

North Korea’s first openly-gay defector is now engaged to his American boyfriend

Tod Perry

3/22/2021
Pictured here: Anita Omary; her son, Osman; and Omary’s close friends – Photo credit: Array

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Family, Modern Families, Motherhood

Once a refugee seeking safety in the U.S., Anita Omary is using what she learned to help others thrive.

Sarah Watts

2/11/2026