Gay Asylum: LGBT Lbian Transgenr Refugee Seekers USA

Contents:

• WE WILL TURN YOU GAY
• BABY GAY
• 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

WE WILL TURN YOU GAY

The Queer Detaee Empowerment Project (QDEP) is a llective Alternative to Detentn (ATD), tentn center visatn, direct service, and muny anizg project that works wh Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Two Spir, Trans, Genr Non- Conformg, and HIV+ tae and their fai currently tentn centers, those that are recently released om tentn centers, and undocumented folks New York Cy.

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) immigrants face many issu that are distctive to problems that non LGBT immigrants go though.

Ernment has regnized asylum claims based on homosexualy sce the year 1994. Beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, genrqueer, or HIV posive n be grounds for an asylum claim. Are you a member of the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or transsexual (LGBT) muny?

BABY GAY

Government has regnized asylum claims based upon homosexualy [see article] sce 1994. Currently, gays, lbians, bisexuals, transgenr, and transsexual dividuals may seek asylum [see tegory] the USA based upon membership a particular social group [see tegory]. There is no requirement to show is certa or even likely you will be harmed, bee you are gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or transsexual, but rather merely a reasonable possibily you will face persecutn if forced to return to your native untry.

Cizenship & Immigratn Servic (USCIS) and, when applible, Immigratn Court Judg will exame the followg issu: whether the applint has tablished he or she is a member of the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or transsexual (LGBT) muny; whether the harm the asylum seeker has suffered and/or fears if returned to his or her native untry ris to the level of persecutn; whether the persecutn is on acunt of the dividual's group membership; and, stanc where the harm is not perpetrated by the ernment, but rather by dividuals the ernment is unable or unwillg to ntrol, whether ternal relotn is reasonable. You are gog to turn Gay after this show, and you are gog to love .

Featured Alan Cummg’s Showtime edy special, “Club Cummg Prents a Queer Comedy Extravaganza and known for their h queer variety show “Hs Party”, Zach Teague & Drew Lsch, prent “Baby Gay”, an hour-long mil trawreck wh 10 origal songs that will teach the dience that everyone has a Baby Gay si of them wag to be set ee. ” and “Gay Demonz, ” Zach and Drew are ready to drag you to hell or to a long-term relatnship!

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

REUTERS/Noah BergerSummaryLaw FirmsPeople thought to be gay uld be 'social group' unr asylum lawCourt says immigratn board mt ci issueGuatemalan woman beaten, threatened for wearg men's cloth(Rters) - A U. Cizens who are perceived to be gay their home untri n qualify for asylum the U.

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

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.

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. 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.