GENEVA (22 March 2022) - As the Rsian Feratn’s aggrsn agast Ukrae tensifi, is sential for Stat and all stakeholrs engaged protectg forcibly displaced persons to regnise and rpond to the uniquely genred exposure to risk and protectn needs of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, tersex (LGBTI) and genr-diverse refuge, asylum seekers, ternally displaced and undocumented people, a UN expert said today.
Contents:
- 'GAYROPA': CHALLENG AND HOP OF EUROPE'S LGBT+ REFUGE – PICTUR
- 'GAYROPA': CHALLENG AND HOP OF EUROPE'S LGBT+ REFUGE – PICTUR
- "CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
- CURRENT MIGRATN SUATN THE EU: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX ASYLUM SEEKERS
'GAYROPA': CHALLENG AND HOP OF EUROPE'S LGBT+ REFUGE – PICTUR
In his photojournalism seri Gayropa, Bradley Secker profil dividuals om around the world who have ma the difficult cisn to migrate to Europe and claim asylum bee of their sexualy * lgbt refugees europe *
“Gayropa” is a disparagg name often ed by Rsian nservativ and officials to refer to Europe, signifyg both a lack of acceptance towards LGBTQ+ people, and a perceived separatn between east and wt terms of attus towards LGBTQ+ rights. The people are the oppose of victims, and they e their strength to move their liv forward, refg the term “Gayropa” as they do so.
'GAYROPA': CHALLENG AND HOP OF EUROPE'S LGBT+ REFUGE – PICTUR
'Gayropa': Challeng and Hop of Europe's LGBT+ Refuge – Pictur. “Gayropa” is a disparagg name often ed by Rsian nservativ and officials to refer to Europe, signifyg both a lack of acceptance towards LGBTQ+ people, and a perceived separatn between... * lgbt refugees europe *
Many of those photographed have also faced discrimatn exile: xenophobia and racism om host societi (cludg the LGBTQ+ muny), and homophobia and transphobia om fellow asylum seekers and the lol populatn. Origally om Raqqa, Syria, Hamoudi was forcibly outed as gay at the age of 13, when he was ught havg sex wh a male iend. Faris works at ‘Queer Base’ Vienna’s gay-iendly district.
This n range om excsive drkg and unprotected sex to the more extreme behavur, where migrants engage sex work, sometim lled “survival sex”, or bee the play thgs of predatory olr men lookg to explo their vulnerable mental and legal a rise of vlent homophobic attacks the UK and creasg natnalism and xenophobia across the rt of Europe, LGBTQ+ refuge want “Gayropa” to live up to s name, the fullt and most posive sense of the word.
"CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
Origally om Dhaka, Banglash, Mir was a proment member of the gay muny.
Some like Hamoudi, Mir and Faris e om untri where their sexualy is crimalised, and others like Igor and Sergi grew up plac where homophobia has bee an creasgly polil topic recent years. In B (Gambia) and C (Swzerland) v Swzerland, the ECtHR led that Swzerland had vlated the ECHR, Article 3 when removg a Gambian gay applint who would face persecutn and a real risk of ill treatment his untry of orig.
The Feral Admistrative Court (FAC) Swzerland held that unbearable psychologil prsure for homosexuals Syria jtifi grantg refugee stat to a Syrian man whose applitn had prevly been rejected. The man had not ially claimed he was gay his applitn, but his appeal to the se he explaed that this was a ma reason for havg left Syria. Amid a rise of vlent homophobic attacks the UK and creasg natnalism and xenophobia across the rt of Europe, LGBTQ+ refuge want “Gayropa” to live up to s name, the fullt and most posive sense of the word.
CURRENT MIGRATN SUATN THE EU: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX ASYLUM SEEKERS
GENEVA (22 March 2022) - As the Rsian Feratn’s aggrsn agast Ukrae tensifi, is sential for Stat and all stakeholrs engaged protectg forcibly displaced persons to regnise and rpond to the uniquely genred exposure to risk and protectn needs of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, tersex (LGBTI) and genr-diverse refuge, asylum seekers, ternally displaced and undocumented people, a UN expert said today.