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(AP) — After being sidelined from last year’s Lunar New Year parade, gay Vietnamese Americans marched with pride in this year’s event. At least 70 people marched under the banner of gay and lesbian group Viet Rainbow of Orange County at the annual Tet parade in Little Saigon, said Hieu Nguyen, the organization’s co-chair. Participants showed their Vietnamese heritage by wearing traditional dress and riding bicycles, and their sexual orientation and gender identity by carrying the rainbow flag. “We’re trying to tap into the memories and the hearts of the spectators and let them know we are Vietnamese American and we are LGBT as well,” Nguyen said. About 12,000 spectators turned out for the parade that cut straight through the heart of the county’s Vietnamese immigrant enclave in Westminster. The event also featured historical performances, marching bands, school groups, and more than 30 floats. 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Considered stronger in the 1,000, she posted a startling time of 37.58 to hold the lead through most of the round. She couldn’t keep it up on the second run, going 0.41 slower with a more favorable lane and dropping to fourth, a tenth of a second from a medal. To view other results of the Sochi Olympics, visit . female names given to the sex slaves hang on hooks on an outside wall. “I am not looking for a reward. A reward is given to the needy,” said Yi Ok-seon, who was kidnapped at 15. “I am asking for compensation for the Japanese who beat and stabbed me, for those who made me bleed. We came back as cripples.” AP writers Jung-yoon Choi in Seoul and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report. 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