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08/02/2012

The reality TV contestant who's now one of the first openly gay MPs in Brazil

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world: today the openly gay Brazilian MP who won a reality TV show before getting elected to parliament. He explains how he was never able to tell his father about his sexuality. And the former British soldier who canoed single-handed the entire length of the Congo River, facing crocodiles, hippos and men with machetes.

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Thu 9 Feb 201213:05GMT
BBC World Service Online

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    BBC World Service Online
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