"It’s illegal to be gay over 70 untri the world; the untri LGBTQ people lerally fear for their liv."
Contents:
- GAYS AND LBIANS SEEKG ASYLUM IN U.S. MAY FD A HARD ROAD
- GAYS SEEKG ASYLUM U.S. ENUNTER A NEW HURDLE
- AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
- JUDGE ORRS U.S. TO RETURN GAY ASYLUM-SEEKER PORTED TO CHAD
- EUROPE IS TELLG GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS THEY ARE NOT GAY ENOUGHEUROPE IS TELLG GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS THEY ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH
GAYS AND LBIANS SEEKG ASYLUM IN U.S. MAY FD A HARD ROAD
* gay asylum stories *
Fernando, 37, who asked that his full name not be ed, was a driver at a sugar factory Guatemala, where he’d endured a lifetime of anti-gay slurs, discrimatn at work, and random beatgs. He said a passerby might ci on impulse to punch him the face for beg gay, which happened 10 or 15 tim, he timat. In some plac, homosexualy is punishable by ath penalty, and abe of members the LGTBQ muny is a mon occurrence.
This is the story of Victor, a Nigerian man who fled home bee beg gay is a crime and who wants his story to be one of hope [story llected by Elisa Menenz for Metro]. Has been livg the UK for 10 years, after movg om Kenya where gay sex rri a prison sentence of up to 14 years, and recently taed. For the World Refugee Day '19, we would like to pay tribute to those volunteers who help all migrants, cludg people fleeg homophobia and transphobia, so they n feel everywhere at 'home'.
The Government threatened to port Kabir, a guy wh learng disabili, bee they didn't believe he uld be gay [by Patrick Stdwick].
GAYS SEEKG ASYLUM U.S. ENUNTER A NEW HURDLE
Laws like Uganda's that outlaw homosexualy may enurage some gay people abroad to seek asylum the U.S. But provg a "well-found fear of persecutn" is not an easy path. * gay asylum stories *
Aniyi Raji’s story nfirms the difficulti experienced by gay asylum seekers havg their asylum requt regnised [story llected by The Guardian]. In Cameroon, if you are a lovg, supportive member of a gay man’s fay, you n bee a target for vlently anti-gay attackers.
As part of [Gay Star News] Bi+ Manifto season, sperate asylum seekers have shared the vastatg realy the ways they are discrimated agast once they reach ‘safer shor’.
AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
Homosexuals livg the natn illegally and seekg protectn agast beg ported to ls tolerant societi may risk beg viewed as not openly gay enough to qualify. * gay asylum stories *
In a report published 2016 by Stonewall and the UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG), several LGBT asylum seekers talk about their experienc wh UK tentn centr. Skhumbuzo Khumalo fled Zimbabwe, where homosexualy is illegal, after fearg for her life - only to be subjected to ‘gradg’ treatment on arrival the UK (by Harriet Hernando - 2016). Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) urban refuge Mexi, Uganda and South Ai tell their stori their own powerful and thentic voic.
JUDGE ORRS U.S. TO RETURN GAY ASYLUM-SEEKER PORTED TO CHAD
In January 2016, a gay asylum seeker the UK said he was facg portatn to Malawi bee he didn’t have enough ‘proof’ of his sexualy. The followg stori e om the personal experienc of Fellows of the Salzburg Global LGBT As an Iranian gay man livg exile Canada, Arsham Parsi found the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refuge, providg unselg and support to LGBT refuge by way of fancial aid, food and healthre.
“Homosexualy Iran is punishable by ath, and many people like me pe Iran to Turkey and other untri to have their basic and fundamental human rights.
EUROPE IS TELLG GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS THEY ARE NOT GAY ENOUGHEUROPE IS TELLG GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS THEY ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH
The Iranian LGBT suatn is very ccial - we don’t have human rights homosexuals, we have discrimatn and vlatn of human rights.