asylum

Diversidad Sin Fronteras

October 25, 2019

by Monica Trasandes, Director of Programs, Spanish-Language and Latinx Media

GLAAD calls on media to keep spotlight on most vulnerable immigrants, including transgender asylum seekers

Immigration and Customs Enforcement may have deleted critical surveillance video that would have helped tell the story of the last few days of Roxsána Hernández, a transgender Honduran woman and asylum seeker who died in ICE custody.

Apphia Kumar

September 20, 2017

by Apphia Kumar, first known bisexual asylee, educator, advocate

"I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.," a first-person account for #BiWeek

Everything online told me not to apply as bisexual, but to apply for asylum as a gay person.

Photo Credit: Abraham Troen

November 4, 2016

by Alfredo Hernandez, Spanish Language & Latino Media Intern

Finding Home: Web series chronicles LGBTQ refugees

Finding Home is a documentary web series following LGBTQ immigrants seeking asylum in Los Angeles. The series is directed by Abraham Troen, a Davis Peace Prize winner who has worked on previous film projects promoting human rights.The series chronicles the difficulties of belonging in a society where love and acceptance are conditional.

March 12, 2014

by Agata Dera

African gays in U.S. and abroad seek legal help amid spate of harsh criminal penalties

Due to the draconian laws recently passed in several African countries, being an LGBT in Africa brings many challenges. Members of the LGBT community live in constant fear.

October 25, 2013

by Nicholas Coppola

Scores of LGBT Russians seek asylum in the United States

Russia’s anti-LGBT propoganda laws and growing hostilities towards the LGBT community have caused an upswing in asylum requests in The United States.

January 18, 2012

by Monica Trasandes, Director of Programs, Spanish-Language and Latinx Media

LGBT en Español: Advocate Bamby Salcedo Profiled in People en Español, CNN Show Includes Lesbian Mom, and More

In this edition of LGBT en Español, transgender advocate Bamby Salcedo profiled in People en Español; CNN Show Includes Lesbian Mom, and more!

asylum

GLAAD calls on media to keep spotlight on most vulnerable immigrants, including transgender asylum seekers

"I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.," a first-person account for #BiWeek

Finding Home: Web series chronicles LGBTQ refugees

African gays in U.S. and abroad seek legal help amid spate of harsh criminal penalties

Scores of LGBT Russians seek asylum in the United States

LGBT en Español: Advocate Bamby Salcedo Profiled in People en Español, CNN Show Includes Lesbian Mom, and More

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asylum

GLAAD calls on media to keep spotlight on most vulnerable immigrants, including transgender asylum seekers

"I was the first bisexual person granted asylum in the U.S.," a first-person account for #BiWeek

Finding Home: Web series chronicles LGBTQ refugees

African gays in U.S. and abroad seek legal help amid spate of harsh criminal penalties

Scores of LGBT Russians seek asylum in the United States

LGBT en Español: Advocate Bamby Salcedo Profiled in People en Español, CNN Show Includes Lesbian Mom, and More