Rainbow Asylum

What Is Being Done to Help LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers?


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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
  • Refuge America
  • The LGBT Asylum Project
  • HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees 
  • Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
  • National Center for Immigrant Justice Center
  • #WelcomewithDignity
  • LGBT Freedom and Asylum Network 
  • Immigration Equality
  • Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project 
  • Welcome Corps 
  • "See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love" by Valerie Kaur
  • The Revolutionary Love Project by Valerie Kaur
  • Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers
  • Serving LGBTQ Immigrants and Building Welcoming Communities
  • US LGBT Asylum Seekers In Danger At The Border
  •  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

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