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. 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.
"CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
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.