For many lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people, leaving their communities in search of a safer and more welcoming place to call home is the only way to find a job, get access to healthcare or find safety from poverty, family rejection, criminalization, threats and violence.
Rainbow Railroad Works to Rescue 60 LGBT Victims Overseas With End of Year Campaign
France: Lesbians and of immigrant background: women in search of visibility
Long absent from public debates in France, lesbians from immigrant backgrounds are increasingly making their voices heard in community, cultural and academic circles. Supported by militant and intellectual figures, sociological studies and artistic productions devoted to them arouse growing interest. Interview with researcher Salima Amari.
Jordan: Foreigners Living with HIV Face an Impossible Choice
Book launch "Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies"
New handbook on sexual and gender minority mental health
Honduras: Country of Origin Report: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression
US: 81,000 ‘Dreamers’ identify as LGBT and 39,000 have participated in DACA
Egypt: Our lives are not conditional: On Sarah Hegazy and estrangement
Any one of us could have been Sarah, with her carefree gesture on a fun night out, drunk on delusions of hope. Celebrating camaraderie and the bliss of being surrounded by people who see and accept. Her happiness was rewarded with imprisonment, electrocution, sexual assault and exile. A reminder, as if any more are needed, that we, queer Arabs, must always keep our masks within reach.