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8 May 2013
National AIDS Trust responds to Queen’s Speech by urging ministers to focus more on HIV 26 The National AIDS Trust has responded to the Queen’s Speech by urging the government to pay more attention to the needs of people living with HIV.
9 April 2013
Ugandan asylum seeker freed from Bedfordshire detention centre + A Ugandan female asylum seeker, who campaigners claim was raped by her father, has been freed from a detention centre in Bedfordshire.
29 March 2013
Ugandan asylum seeker has Heathrow deportation flight cancelled 9 The deportation flight of a female asylum seeker to Uganda has been cancelled with just hours to spare against Friday’s deadline.
28 March 2013
UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3 Human rights campaigners have once again accused the UK Border Agency (UKBA) of trying to deport a vulnerable female asylum seeker to Uganda.
26 March 2013
Theresa May announces scrapping of ‘defensive’ and ‘secretive’ UK Border Agency 10 A government agency that has repeatedly been accused of deporting LGBT asylum seekers is to be scrapped and split in two, Theresa May has confirmed.
14 March 2013
UK: Green Party LGBT group criticises UK Border Agency following death of lesbian Ugandan asylum seeker Jackie Nanyonjo 16 The Green Party’s LGBT campaign group has criticised the UK Border Agency for deporting a lesbian asylum seeker who died last Friday in Uganda - with campaigners staging a protest outside the Home Office at 12.30pm.
5 March 2013
Malawian asylum seeker who claimed of being at risk of homophobic persecution deported from UK 15 An asylum seeker from Malawi, who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution and said that the authorities in Malawi are looking to punish him for the actions of his father in the killing of a religious leader, has now been deported from the UK.
1 March 2013
Sweden: Married Ugandan men receive permission to stay after death threats from home 17 The couple whose separation in Uganda and eventual reunion and marriage in Sweden made international news have learnt that they have both been granted asylum.
8 February 2013
Tory Eastleigh by-election candidate denies making homophobic slur — but confirms she’s against equality 48 The Conservative Party’s candidate for this month’s Eastleigh by-election denies saying Labour did more for “immigrants, the gays, the bloody foxes” than children with special needs.
7 February 2013
Sweden: Gay couple married in Sweden say their families back home are being harassed 4 Two Ugandan asylum seekers were reunited in Sweden and married last month, but they say their relatives back home are being harassed over the news of their wedding.
6 February 2013
Human rights lawyer: ‘LGBT asylum seekers feel pressured to film sex to prove their sexuality’ 13 A leading human rights lawyer has criticised the UK Border Agency for subjecting LGBT asylum seekers to "inhuman and degrading" pressure to "prove" their sexual or gender identity.
29 January 2013
Sweden: Married Ugandan men victims of ‘lottery’ asylum system 7 A gay Ugandan couple were separated in 2008 when one was forced to flee to Sweden.
14 November 2012
UKBA delays gay asylum hearing for Senegal man + An appeal hearing against the UK Border Agency’s decision to deport an asylum seeker, who claims he is at risk of homophobic persecution in his home country of Senegal, has been delayed.
5 October 2012
UK: Gay man fights deportation to Nigeria 19 Campaigners are fighting to stop the deportation of a gay man to Nigeria.
1 June 2012
Feature: Is South Africa failing gay asylum seekers? 10 With South Africa facing a flood of LGBT refugees from all over the African continent, a creaking asylum system is exposing them to corruption, homophobia and the risk of attack.
29 November 2011
Alan Cumming to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in new one-man production 6 The National Theatre of Scotland has announced it will be staging a one-man version of Macbeth featuring Alan Cumming as both the title character and his ambitious wife.
2 November 2011
MPs call for ‘humane’ gay asylum policy 16 Shadow Immigration Minister joins others to stress the importance of a consistent approach to gay asylum seekers.
22 July 2011
Convicted rapist ‘claims he’s gay to win asylum’ 78 A Ugandan man serving a four-year sentence for raping a woman is reportedly seeking asylum by claiming he is gay.
8 April 2011
European parliament calls for special protection of gay and trans asylum seekers 31 The European parliament says that LGBT asylum seekers must be given special protection.
27 January 2011
Don’t send gays and lesbians back to Uganda, asylum group warns 26 An LGBT asylum group says the murder of Ugandan gay campaigner David Kato is evidence of the threat gays and lesbians face in the country.

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