Rainbow Asylum: Seeking Safety for Queer Asylees in America is a podcast dedicated to being a resource for anyone interested in learning more about the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in America.
Within our three episodes, we discuss and answer the following questions: What is asylum? How is asylum impacting LGBTQ+ people? Why do LGBTQ+ people seek asylum? What is the asylum process like for LGBTQ asylees? What are some domestic policies impacting LGBTQ+ asylees? What is being done to help LGBTQ+ asylees?
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This podcast is hosted by the social work students Joy Jennings, Grace Kennedy, Chelsea Middlemiss, and Trisha Washburn as an advocacy project through Michigan State University.
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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 (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
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3 Apr 2023
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)
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3 Apr 2023
Why Do LGBTQ+ People Seek Asylum?
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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.
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