asylum

Rainbow Migration supporters at a protest

Opinion
Feb 07

‘Now is the time to strengthen LGBTQ+ asylum rights, not weaken them’

a gay bangladeshi man holding a pride flag in London

Law
Oct 20 2024

Gay man refused asylum by Home Office and told he is ‘not truly gay’

Africa
Jul 26 2024

Ghana: ‘Scared’ LGBTQ+ people forced to choose between staying or fleeing, activist says

Politics
Dec 13 2023

Government admits – again – that LGBTQ+ people are at risk in Rwanda

UK home secretary Suella Braverman wears a black and white patterned coat. LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigners have criticised Braverman for her comments about asylum seekers, including those from Sudan

UK
Sep 27 2023

UN refugee agency slams Braverman’s LGBTQ+ asylum comments

Suella Braverman in the House of Commons

UK
Sep 26 2023

Suella Braverman: LGBTQ+ refugees’ fear of persecution ‘insufficient’ for UK asylum

President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence on January 12

US
Jan 13 2021

Court blocks Trump’s sad assault on LGBT+ asylum seekers as administration’s death rattle rings out

Non-binary artist who won landmark asylum claim is 'one of the lucky ones'

UK
Dec 28 2020

Non-binary asylum seeker who won landmark appeal to stay in UK recalls horrific beating at hands of police

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

UK
Nov 11 2020

LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the UK face mockery and derision from interpreters, damning report warns

Home office LGBT+ asylum seekers

UK
Sep 28 2020

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

Turkmenistan HIV gay refugee

World
Apr 14 2020

Gay man flees Turkmenistan after being horrifically beaten by police, all for the simple crime of having HIV

UK
Feb 26 2020

Lesbian speaks out about the heartbreaking process of trying to ‘prove’ your sexuality to the government

News
Dec 21 2019

The Home Office told this man he wasn’t ‘gay enough’ to stay in the UK. Now, he’s been given asylum in time for Christmas

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

Law
Nov 29 2019

Queer asylum seekers likely due compensation after supreme court rules Home Office unlawfully imprisoned thousands