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Priti Patel
UK

Refugee repeatedly denied asylum because UK’s Home Office ‘didn’t believe he was gay’

Patrick Kelleher - August 24, 2021

The trans refugee faced intense persecution for being trans.
News

Trans refugee in danger of being deported to Syrian war zone amid Turkey’s ‘illegal crackdown’

Vic Parsons - August 5, 2021

Gay sex is criminalised in Pakistan under a combination of Sharia law principles and colonial law imposed by British rulers.
News

Asylum seeker who sold a kidney to flee homophobic Pakistan wins crucial legal battle in bid to remain in UK

Matilda Davies - January 29, 2021

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Lesbian who was gang-raped after being unlawfully deported wins stunning court victory against Home Office

Josh Milton - September 28, 2020

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Ugandan lesbian granted asylum in Germany, but judge insists it will not set a precedent for LGBT asylum seekers

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Two Saudi journalists being held in asylum centre after being outed as gay by government for contact with foreign media

Patrick Kelleher - November 18, 2019

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Immigration officials deleted vital video of a transgender asylum seeker who died in custody

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A trans refugee held by ICE for 20 months has finally been released

Emma Powys Maurice - September 11, 2019

LGBT+ rights campaigners complain of a "culture of disbelief” in the Home Office's treatment of LGBT+ asylum seekers.
UK

Court accepted gay asylum seeker before claiming boyfriend isn’t ‘effeminate’ enough

Nick Duffy - August 23, 2019

Interpreters have used derogatory slang and made judgements about asylum applicants' sexual orientation or gender identity
UK

A judge rejected an LGBT+ asylum seeker for not having a gay ‘demeanour’

Emma Powys Maurice - August 21, 2019

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Transgender asylum seeker dies in Texas after six weeks in ICE custody

Vic Parsons - June 3, 2019

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LGBT refugees explain why they fled to the US

Nick Duffy - October 31, 2018

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Afghan teenager denied asylum in Austria because he doesn’t ‘act or dress’ gay

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