Rainbow Asylum

What Is Being Done to Help LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers?

Please complete this post-test survey after listening to the entire podcast: https://forms.gle/hHVp7zQtmFGgFbid7 Description: This final episode of the podcast overviews the current work being done to help and protect LGBTQ+ asylum seekers along with discussion about best practices for helping professionals and what you can do to help as a listener. Learning Resources: * Edafe Okporo [https://www.edafeokporo.com/] * Refuge America [https://www.refugeamerica.org/] * The LGBT Asylum Project [https://www.lgbtasylumproject.org/] * HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees  [https://hias.org/] * Center for Gender and Refugee Studies [https://cgrs.uchastings.edu/] * National Center for Immigrant Justice Center [https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc] * #WelcomewithDignity [https://welcomewithdignity.org/policy/] * LGBT Freedom and Asylum Network  [https://www.lgbt-fan.org] * Immigration Equality [https://immigrationequality.org/about-us/what-we-do/] * Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project  [https://www.asylumadvocacy.org/] * Welcome Corps  [https://welcomecorps.org/resources/faqs/] * "See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love" by Valerie Kaur [https://valariekaur.com/see-no-stranger/] * The Revolutionary Love Project by Valerie Kaur [https://valariekaur.com/revolutionary-love-project/] * Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers [https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/conditions-in-migrant-detention-centers#:~:text=Squalid%20conditions%2C%20overcrowding%2C%20cold%20temperatures,administration%27s%20hardline%20anti%2Dimmigration%20stance] * Serving LGBTQ Immigrants and Building Welcoming Communities [https://www.americanprogress.org/article/serving-lgbtq-immigrants-building-welcoming-communities/] * US LGBT Asylum Seekers In Danger At The Border [https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/31/us-lgbt-asylum-seekers-danger-border?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7uTPr6vf_AIViGpvBB1aiA8MEAAYASAAEgJpifD_BwE] *  Report documents abuse of LGBTQ asylum seekers in ICE custody [https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/04/22/report-documents-abuse-of-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-in-ice-custody/] * Morgan, D. A. (2006). Not gay enough for the government: Racial and sexual stereotypes in sexual orientation asylum cases. Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Legal Issues, 15, 135–161. * Cerezo, A., Morales, A., Quintero, D., & Rothman, S. (2014). Trans migrations: Exploring life at the intersection of transgender identity and immigration. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 1(2), 170-180. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1541644205/ FE6E134DD9B94CABPQ/2. 10.1037/sgd0000031 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What Is the Asylum Process Like for LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers?

Trigger Warning: Please be aware of some heavy content discussed in this episode including violence, sexual harassment, and rape. Listen with caution and take care of yourself. Description: In episode 2, we discuss what the asylum process looks like for LGBTQ+ people with additional insight into the real-life complications of U.S. domestic policies. This episode also features a special guest interview with Andres Molina, the Development and Communications Coordinator with the LGBT Asylum Project. You can follow the LGBT Asylum Project’s work through their information below. Learning Resources: * LGBT Asylum Project Website [https://www.lgbtasylumproject.org/] * LGBT Asylum Project Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lgbtasylumproject/?hl=en]: lgbtasylumproject * LGBT Asylum Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/LGBTAsylumProject/] * Interested in volunteering for the LGBT Asylum Project? Email pr@lgbtasylumproject.org * U.S. Policies and Practices Subjecting LGBTQ Asylum Seekers to Human Rights Violations [https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/u-s-policies-and-practices-subjecting-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-to-human-rights-violations-arbitrary-detention-in-often-life-threatening-conditions-and-denials-of-and-delays-in-refugee-protection/] * Protecting and Assisting LGBT Refugees [https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/prm/policyissues/issues/c62979.htm] * What about LGBT refugees in the United States? [https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/what-about-lgbt-refugees-united-states] * The United States Is Not Safe for LGBT Refugees: A Call to Abandon the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement [https://lgbtq.hkspublications.org/2021/06/11/the-united-states-is-not-safe-for-lgbt-refugees-a-call-to-abandon-the-canada-united-states-safe-third-country-agreement/] * Center for the Study of Social Policy: LGBTQ+ [https://cssp.org/our-work/focus/lgbtq/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2sujk83A_QIVsRvUAR3PIgu9EAMYASAAEgIIf_D_BwE] * It's Time to Pass the Equality Act [https://freedomforallamericans.org/equality-act/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KfO4M3A_QIVwxXUAR0NbAZjEAAYAiAAEgJrofD_BwE] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why Do LGBTQ+ People Seek Asylum?

Please take this pre-test survey before listening to the podcast content: https://forms.gle/Qxdd94fqCpGqs3Kr5 [https://forms.gle/Qxdd94fqCpGqs3Kr5] Trigger Warning: Please be aware of some heavy content discussed in this episode including violence against LGBTQ+ people. Listen with caution and take care of yourself.  Description: In this episode, we will be defining concepts related to asylum, overviewing some asylum history, and exploring some of the reasons why LGBTQ+ people seek asylum.  Learning Resources: * Defining Refugee [https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/refugees] * Defining Asylum [https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum] * Khayal's Story: What it's Like to be an LGBT Asylum Seeker [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbI4D3X42sk&ab_channel=CenterForAmericanProgress] * Violence and Harassment against LGBT People and Activists in Russia [https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/12/15/license-harm/violence-and-harassment-against-lgbt-people-and-activists-russia] * Map of Countries that Criminalize LGBT People [https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/map-of-criminalisation/] * The Ecology of Anti-Gay Violence [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626090005003009] * A Victim of the Anti-Gay Purge in Chechnya Speaks Out [https://time.com/5633588/anti-gay-purge-chechnya-victim/] * The Horror of Honor Killings [https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-horror-of-honor-killings-even-in-us/] * Llewellyn, C. (2020). Captive while waiting to be free: Legal violence and LGBTQ asylum applicant experiences in the USA. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18(1), 202–212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00449-7 * Alessi, E., Kahn, S., Van Der Horn, R. (2017) A qualitative exploration of the premigration victimization experiences of sexual and gender minority refugees and asylees in the United States and Canada. The Journal of Sex Research, 54(7), 936-948, DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1229738 * Ariel Shidlo, & Joanne Ahola. (2013). Mental health challenges of LGBT forced migrants. Forced Migration Review, 42, 9–11.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.