LGBT refugees

Asylum: A Memoir & Manifesto on a green, wooden stool

Asylum: A Memoir and Manifesto book cover, photo by Lana Leonard

June 8, 2022

by Lana Leonard

Edafe Okporo fled LGBTQ criminalization in Nigeria only to land in America's systemic asylum nightmare

Zach Stafford met Edafe Okporo after he gave a talk on the future of queerness at Columbia University a few years ago

Photo Credit: Magnolia Pictures

January 31, 2017

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

28th Annual #glaadawards nominees lift up global voices

This year, several global voices are included in the GLAAD Media Awards nominees. These nominees bring visibility and understanding to the challenges and triumphs of LGBTQ people across the globe.

LGBT refugees

Edafe Okporo fled LGBTQ criminalization in Nigeria only to land in America's systemic asylum nightmare

28th Annual #glaadawards nominees lift up global voices

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LGBT refugees

Edafe Okporo fled LGBTQ criminalization in Nigeria only to land in America's systemic asylum nightmare

28th Annual #glaadawards nominees lift up global voices