People perceived to be gay uld be eligible for asylum, U.S. urt says | Rters

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• PEOPLE PERCEIVED TO BE GAY ULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM, U.S. URT SAYS
• JUDGE ORRS U.S. TO RETURN GAY ASYLUM-SEEKER PORTED TO CHAD
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• GAY UGANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ' DANGER IF SENT HOME'
• GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS: APPLITNS AND COUNTRY OF ORIG
• GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED TO 'PROVE' THEIR SEXUALY

PEOPLE PERCEIVED TO BE GAY ULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM, U.S. URT SAYS

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Wh homophobic laws around the world rangg om anti-propaganda laws to lifelong imprisonment or ath sentenc, the liv of lns of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) people are danger, simply bee of their sexual orientatn and/or genr inty. Many people who are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgenr (LGBT) have been granted asylum unr the particular social group tegory. However, prohibn of homosexual acts a untry's crimal s and threats of vlence alone are rarely nsired persecutn, unls n be shown that a group is makg the threats and has the tert and abily to rry them out.

JUDGE ORRS U.S. TO RETURN GAY ASYLUM-SEEKER PORTED TO CHAD

The first issue that you will need to prove an asylum claim based on sexual orientatn is that you are lbian, bisexual, or gay.

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Board of Immigratn Appeals (BIA) has for s held that gay people om certa untri qualify as such social BIA was wrong to fd that Anton's asylum applitn had more to do wh the way she drsed than her sexual orientatn, Circu Judge Mark Bent wrote for the panel.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

Sanchez his ncurrg opn said he believed that people perceived as gay would qualify as a social group based on other urt s that volved perceived or imputed characteristics. Asylum claims based on persecutn related to a lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) dividual's sexual orientatn are particularly difficult to file, argue, and w — even wh substantial evince of persecutn and ill-treatment. LGBT asylum trends the Uned Stat are closely lked wh the domtic polil, social, and legal climate surroundg gays and lbians.

GAY UGANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ' DANGER IF SENT HOME'

Though the climate has bee more acceptg of gays and lbians, some stat and loli still ban homosexual nduct.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals have been subject to long-standg and strgent rtrictns agast entry to the Uned Stat.

Some were victims of laws imposg extreme penalti — years of imprisonment, and even ath — for homosexualy. (1) the foc on homosexual inty — not homosexual nduct — U. Sce the Uned Stat self has laws that make homosexual nduct illegal, be difficult for asylum applints to argue they would receive aquate protectn here om siar laws their home untri.

GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS: APPLITNS AND COUNTRY OF ORIG

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In one of the asylum petns to follow this precent-settg se, the Eighth Circu Court of Appeals nied the claim of Botswanan cizen Mareko Molathwa 2004, argug among other thgs that "homosexual nduct is crimal Botswana, as is some jurisdictns wh the Uned Stat. Proof may entail subscriptns to gay or lbian publitns, membership relevant anizatns, or an effemate or mascule appearance that dit homosexual inty.

GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED TO 'PROVE' THEIR SEXUALY

Wh severe penalti — even ath — place for homosexualy, and facg social ostracism and muny vlence, many LGBT applints nceal their sexual inty their untri of orig.