All posts tagged "asylum"
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Gay Porn Star Forced by Russian Police to Entrap Gay Men
Russian police reportedly enlisted two men, including a gay porn star, to entrap and arrest gay men in the North Caucasus region.
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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...
