LGBTQ refugees

The Taliban control the airport and borders. One gay man has already been killed and dismembered as LGBTQ people try desperately to flee the country.

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.

We’ve seen this before… and we know the results.

It also completely suspends the United States’ refugee program.

“In prison I’ll be beaten and raped every day until I am released and leave the country again,” said Andrew Nagbe.

Many migrants are coming from conservative Muslim countries where homosexuality is taboo into European societies that are more open to it.

BRUSSELS — Refugees facing imprisonment in their home country because they are gay may have grounds to be granted asylum in the European Union, the 28-nation bloc’s top court ruled Thursday.

I got arrested last week. And my mom was proud of me. In fact, I did it for her. … I got arrested for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who dream about becoming a U.S. citizen, being able to drive a car, travel without fear and get a college degree. I got arrested for the 267,000 LGBT immigrants like me who will benefit from immigration reform if the one-year bar on applying for asylum is eliminated, if conditions are improved for people held in detention facilities, and if detainee’s aren’t placed in solitary confinement solely based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

TORONTO — An Arab-Israeli lesbian couple, who fled to Canada from Israel in fear of death at the hands of their Muslim family have been told they can remain in Canada for another chance at receiving asylum.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced the creation of a first-ever resource center to support the resettlement of LGBT refugees.