Support stctur for gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr refuge often rely on -person meetgs. That’s one of the reasons why measur to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have h queer refuge particularly hard. We spoke to LGBT+ refugee advot Germany about the suatn, and where people n still get help.
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- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) REFUGE
- "CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) REFUGE
*Trigger warng for homophobic slurs and scriptns of vlence.
"CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
LGBT+ refuge experience challeng durg their asylum procr like homophobia and transphobia om their assigned asylum officers or se translators which end up sendg them right back to danger.
Thankfully, I was ntacted by Homosexuelle Selbsthilfe (HS), an LGBT+ rights anizatn that helps refuge like me Germany. We were able to prove ont of a judge that I was sabotaged by a homophobic translator and an officer who actively didn’t believe me and that my applitn was valid. So many LGBT+ refuge face homophobia and transphobia their asylum procs.
But is illegal to be gay or lbian Ethpia and eventually we were “ught” by our boss. But throughout my asylum procs, I enuntered homophobia and racism om the thori here.