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
• LGBT Asylum Project Instagram: lgbtasylumproject
• LGBT Asylum Facebook
• Interested in volunteering for the LGBT Asylum Project? Email [email protected]
• U.S. Policies and Practices Subjecting LGBTQ Asylum Seekers to Human Rights Violations
• Protecting and Assisting LGBT Refugees
• What about LGBT refugees in the United States?
• 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+
• It's Time to Pass the Equality Act

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