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Transgender woman in Honduras shot dead after seeking asylum in U.S.
Melissa Nuñez is the 34th LGBTQ individual killed in Honduras this year.
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Court rules Honduran trans woman who spent 3 years in ICE custody should have been granted asylum
“Any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to find a pattern or practice of persecution against Transgender women in Honduras.”
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A gay refugee is suing the Trump administration for sending him to Guatemala
After a member of the MS-13 gang threatened him & his mom disowned him, he came to the U.S. But he was sent to Guatemala instead.
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ICE destroyed video footage of a transgender asylum-seeker who mysteriously died in custody
She came to the U.S. to escape gangs but died in ICE custody under mysterious circumstances. Now key evidence in her wrongful death suit has been destroyed.
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Donald Trump says he stands ‘in solidarity with LGBTQ people’ (as long as they’re not American)
His “solidarity” doesn’t extend far enough to give LGBTQ asylum seekers visas or allow U.S. embassies to fly rainbow flags.
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Border Patrol agents humiliated an immigrant by forcing him to hold a ‘I like men’ sign
The agents laughed at the immigrant.
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The Trump administration is putting LGBTQ immigrants in solitary confinement
Thousands of immigrants are being forced into solitary confinement because they’re LGBTQ, disabled, or report abuse from guards.
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14 LGBTQ couples from the migrant caravan just got married in Mexico
They came from countries where LGBTQ people are frequently brutally oppressed. Now they’re married.
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Dozens of LGBTQ asylum seekers in the migrant caravan have arrived at the border
“People wouldn’t let us into trucks, they made us get in the back of the line for showers, they would call us ugly names.”
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Landmark court case brings marriage equality to 20 countries with one ruling
Costa Rica has already said it will comply with the ruling.
