Archive for the "Asylum" Category

New ORAM Publication - Rainbow Bridges
New ORAM Publication - Rainbow Bridges in UNITED STATES, 19/04/2012 ORAM is proud to release its newest publication, Rainbow Bridges: A Community Guide to Rebuilding the Lives of LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Rainbow Bridges is the first guide of its kind directed at US…
New ORAM Publication - Rainbow Bridges
New ORAM Publication - Rainbow Bridges in UNITED STATES, 19/04/2012 ORAM is proud to release its newest publication, Rainbow Bridges: A Community Guide to Rebuilding the Lives of LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Rainbow Bridges is the first guide of its kind directed at US…
LGBTI refugees seek haven in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Algerian secret service gave transsexual Randa Lamri an ultimatum: Leave the country within 10 days or risk imprisonment and the defamation of her family. Lamri, like many persecuted gays, lesbians and transexuals in the region, looked to Beirut for refuge. “I was scared for my security…
United States denies asylum to gay Saudi diplomat
United States denies asylum to gay Saudi diplomat By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT 11/13/2011 02:27  BERLIN – The United States government denied political asylum to Ali Ahmad Asseri, the former first secretary of the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, last week to avoid disrupting…
Gay asylum seekers not gay enough
Gay asylum seekers not gay enough by Klaas Den Tek   Many homosexual asylum seekers are often sent back by European countries, including the Netherlands, as a result of prejudice and stereotyping. Their stories are not believed because they don’t appear effeminate enough or because they don’t frequent the gay…