A U.S. immigratn board mt ci whether non-U.S. cizens who are perceived to be gay their home untri n qualify for asylum the U.S. regardls of their actual sexual orientatn, a feral appeals urt said on Thursday.
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PEOPLE PERCEIVED TO BE GAY ULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM, U.S. URT SAYS
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REUTERS/Noah Berger Acquire Licensg RightsSummaryLaw 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. 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. 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.