Germany, Lhuania and France have all admted refuge om Chechnya, the Rsian regn where gay men and lbians are endurg a vlent crackdown.
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FRANCE WEL FIRST GAY REFUGEE FROM CHECHNYA
"Fale grand cœur," an associatn n by a group of refuge and asylum seekers, is settg up Montpellier the south of France. The llective aims to offer wele and support to young new arrivals who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr. * gay refugees in france *
InternatnalInternatnal Railroad for Queer RefugeThe IRQR is an anisatn that helps refuge that have ped to Turkey, ually om social suatns the Middle East that have crimalised homosexualy. It seeks to raise awarens, unrstandg and protectn of human rights the UK and Loud ClubThe Say Loud Club was set up 1994 to tackle the arisg suatn Uganda where gay rights were not on the agenda. Lbians and Gays Support the MigrantsNamed after the famo LGBT+ movement “Lbians and Gays Support the Mers”, LGSM is an anisatn that seeks to lobby for better ndns for refuge, and support for more refuge to be able to flee to Bra.
In 2018 they lnched a key iative Italy,, providg support and timely rmatn for refuge and asylum seekers need of lol support Kif-KifRegistered Spa, Kif-Kif is an anisatn that was formed rponse to the crackdown by the Morocn ernment on homosexual men the untry. Bee Morocn law crimalis homosexualy, the anisatn was forced to register Spa and nsequently vers both untri.
This clud thoands of letters to ee the "Tetouan 43", a group of gay men arrted Morro as a rult of lonial laws banng same-sex acts. The llective aims to offer wele and support to young new arrivals who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.
GAY CHECHENS, ATTACKED AT HOME, FD DOORS OPENG EUROPE
All of them arrived France the last few years after havg to flee their untri of orig bee they belong to the LGBT muny (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr). In France beg gay is not an issue, even if there is sometim homophobia.
"Their liv, as well as most of those of the ten other young men, crossed paths the Montpellier branch of the associatn Le Refuge, dited to homosexual victims of persecutn. " The project pris self on beg 100% n by refuge and asylum seekers and aims to help LGBT newers aged 18 to 25, maly the Occanie regn the south of read: The difficulti of beg gay Iran'They are refuge bee they are LGBT'The associatn provis psychologil support and the opportuny to talk about subjects that are often difficult to put to words. "Also read: Arrted for beg gay Nigeria: 'My muny is threateng to kill me if I return home'Thomas and Gev are themselv still entangled the admistrative procs of applyg for asylum.
I thk 's betiful, " said Nilas Noguier, former print of Le Refuge, who now acts as a ach for the though the project is still s early stag, "Fale grand cœur" has already received fundg and s members have been weled by the reprentative of the UN High Commissner for Refuge (UNHCR) France, says read: Arshid's story: After leavg Iran bee he’s gay, he disvers tolerance on his way to Europe'They were subjected to homophobic attacks CADA'For the members of the associatn, the sire to create their own support group stems om the realizatn that this muny needs specific and more personalized re. "Two members of the associatn were subjected to homophobic attacks CADA.