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LGBTQ+ Afghans risk safety by protesting U.S. government & publications that “left us behind”
If the Taliban discovers the protestors’ identities, they could be arrested, tortured, and killed.
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A trans woman founded a group to help trans people leave the U.S. due to rising hate
“There’s like 30 states right now I wouldn’t even drive through,” the group’s founder said.
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The UK plans to send LGBTQ asylum seekers to Rwanda to await their fate. They won’t be safe there
LGBTQ asylum seekers could face persecution under Britain’s controversial Rwanda resettlement scheme that was inspired by Donald Trump.
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Will the Biden administration retract a Trump-era policy harming LGBTQ refugees?
Trump instituted a policy to block refugees during the pandemic. The Biden administration is considering revisions to the policy, but not the part that singles out LGBTQ people.
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I escaped to the United States from Jordan. Nobody deserves to live in fear every day.
The United States has long been a beacon of hope to millions of immigrants seeking a better life and society, and that was certainly the case for me, but I was exceedingly lucky.
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A gay asylum seeker sold his kidney to escape persecution. He still faces deportation.
He could face immediate imprisonment and stoning if he’s returned to his native country after evading authorities there for 17 years.
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Court blocks Trump administration attempt to refuse LGBTQ asylum-seekers without hearings
“In effect, the government keeps crashing the same car into a gate, hoping that someday it might break through,” the judge wrote.
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New immigration rule would allow judges to refuse transgender asylum seeker claims without hearing
The Trump administration wants to eliminate court hearings for transgender people, abused women, and civilians targeted by armed groups.
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A second transgender woman held by ICE for weeks has died & they’re denying responsibility again
She came seeking asylum to escape violence as a trans woman, but ICE denies responsibility, saying she was just “an individual who illegally enter[ed] the United States with an untreated, unscreened medical condition.”
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This Twitter thread about helping LGBTQ asylum seekers has gone viral for all the right reasons
Seeing LGBTQ people who fear for their lives get asylum is amazing.
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Jeff Sessions just signed the death warrant for LGBTQ asylum seekers
In essence, the Attorney General said it’s not America’s problem if you’re going to be killed for being gay or trans.
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Trump’s comment about ‘s–thole countries’ gravely impacts LGBTQ asylum seekers
The U.S has been offering asylum to LGBTQ people from around the world since 1994. Is that about to change too?
