Some Trans People Are Preparing to Flee the US and Seek Asylum Abroad

Anya Zoledziowski

Vice News

Bolungarvik, Iceland

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civil rights - Honduran Transgender Woman Granted Asylum

Nancy Montoya
Arizona Public Media

Nogales, AZ

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Kenya/UK - Gay rugby player Kenneth Macharia in deportation persecution fear

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BBC News

Bristol Rovers

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Belarus - Belarus Refuses Asylum For Uzbek Transgender Woman

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RFE/RL

Minsk, Belarus

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El Salvador/US - Being transgender may qualify El Salvadoran for asylum in the U.S.

Allan Wernick
Daily News

San Salvador, El Salvador

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Honduras - Trans Woman Flees Death in Honduras, Asks Asylum at US Border

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Maya stela, Honduras

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New Mexico - Activists Post Bond for SanTana Immigrant Trans Woman Seeking Asylum

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OC Weekly

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ezs note:  If you read the article, please read my letter to the editor.

How a transgender Chechen escaped Russia and found asylum in the United States

Adam Taylor
The Washington Post

Grozny, Chechnya (SAR of Russia)

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Transgender Guatemalan Woman Granted Asylum

Fernanda Echavarri

Arizona Public Media

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Argentina gives asylum to gay Russian who claimed he was persecuted (India)

http://zeenews.india.com

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The Battle for Gay Asylum

Joel Millman
http://online.wsj.com

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ezs note: This is an excellent long piece written for the Wall Street Journal.  Read it, if you can.

LGBT Asylum Support Task Force

 Fern Remedi-Brown
http://guardianlv.com


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Transgender woman: Hong Kong customs officers behaved 'like animals' during body search (Hong Kong)

Lana Lam
http://www.scmp.com

*more here*

Transgender woman Ana finally living a life that is true to herself (Hong Kong)

Lana Lam
http://www.scmp.com/

*more here*

U.S. issues new guidance for LGBT asylum claims (www.washingtonblade.com)

*more above*

Lambda Legal to federal court: grant asylum to trans woman living with HIV/AIDS (/www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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Gay, lesbian, transgender asylum seekers in USA given a raw deal (lezgetreal)

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Mexican transgender asylum seeker allowed to stay in U.S. (Denver Post)

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