All posts tagged "asylum"
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Court Rules People Perceived As Gay May Be Eligible for Asylum
A federal appeals court has ruled people perceived to be LGBTQ may face persecution in their home countries, thus qualifying for asylum.
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Gay asylum seeker threatened with beheading in Ghana will have his case reheard
Immigration officials initially rejected his claim, telling him one attack was not sufficient justification for asylum
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Trump administration might deport Ugandan lesbian who was beaten and raped for being gay
Uganda recently announced plans to implement the death penalty for gay people
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British judge rejects LGBTQ asylum seeker for lacking gay “demeanor”
Lawyer slams homophobic comparison with an "effeminate" claimant who "wore lipstick"
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Australia asked gay asylum seekers if they ‘drink cum,’ then tried to suppress the interviews
Two men were asked intimate details about their sexual history, then had their applications rejected
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Border agents allegedly forced Honduran man to hold “I like men” sign
Agents at a Texas detention center allegedly laughed as the man walked around
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Congressional Democrats introduce bill to combat anti-LGBTI abuses abroad
GLOBE Act would create a special envoy on LGBTI rights and call for sanctions on those who commit human rights abuses
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Guatemalan trans woman who received death threats is granted asylum
A transgender woman who was beaten and threatened with death after refusing to collect extortion money for a Guatemalan drug cartel, raped and tortured by...
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Seeking Safety: Gay asylum seekers share their stories
Local asylum seekers share their stories following the deaths of two LGBT activists in Bangladesh
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Masque of the Red Death
Actress Goldie Hawn had no idea what she was wading into last week when she tweeted from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ''Met...
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CBC reports on gay Russians seeking asylum in Canada
“I have to stay at a homeless shelter now, but I feel safer than in Russia as a gay person. … It’s considered an honor...
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Spc. Kushaba Moses Mworeko
The first time Kushaba Moses Mworeko went to Texas, it changed his life. It was October 2009, and his first trip to the United States....
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Bravery in Black
An extraordinary display of gay courage and determination comes to us from Mukono, Uganda, thanks to a YouTube video of last Friday's funeral for murdered...
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The Promised Land
Ugandan politics took a sad walk onto the world stage at the end of 2009, when David Bahati, a member of Parliament, introduced a bill...
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Obama’s Immigration Speech Audience to Include LGBT Group
President Obama plans to give what the White House is billing as an address regarding the need for comprehensive immigration reform at American University in...
