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![A guard stares through fencing and barbed wire in front of government offices in downtown Cairo, near Tahrir Square. Most of Cairo is untouched physically by the revolution, but a few areas remain specially guarded and prepared against riots. - [Michael Luongo/GlobalPost]](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2012/03/2_Guards_Government_Bldgs_EGYPT_LGBT_LUONGO-scaled.jpg "Egypt’s fading LGBT movement")
