Comments on: U.S. issues new guidance for LGBT asylum claims http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/ the gay community's news source Mon, 20 May 2013 23:40:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: damion gordon http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-92364 damion gordon Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:04:20 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-92364 how can i apply for asylum from jamaica to the us

]]> By: Lao http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-50084 Lao Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:36:06 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-50084 Wait, something is missing – the families! If someone seeks asylum, how does that individual include dependent family members (of a same-sex marriage)? Immigration is about family unity, but the USCIS’ denial of petitions for same-sex partners (and their children) goes against this. USCIS may help one family member, but others…sorry…What an unfair immigration system!

]]> By: LGBT Asylum in US Made a Little Easier | Care2 Causes http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-45347 LGBT Asylum in US Made a Little Easier | Care2 Causes Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:02:13 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-45347 [...] Ralls, a spokesperson for Immigration Equality who helped develop the guidance, estimated there are about 250 asylum cases of LGBT people coming to the United States to escape persecution [...]

]]> By: Erica Cook http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-42853 Erica Cook Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:53:23 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-42853 The transgender and intersex are going to be sadly dissapointed if they make it in.

]]> By: Hida Viloria http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-42811 Hida Viloria Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:00:13 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-42811 It is wonderful that these guidelines are intersex inclusive, so then why does the article headline list them as “LGBT”? To the author: do not exclude us, it’s LGBTI.

]]> By: Angela Erde http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-42742 Angela Erde Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:30:18 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-42742 This may be of interest:

http://oiiinternational.com/blog/751/lgbti-refugee-asylum-immigration-officer-training-module-flawed-contradictions-intersex-refugees/

]]> By: Angela Erde http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/26/u-s-issues-new-guidance-for-lgbt-asylum-claims/#comment-42741 Angela Erde Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:20:19 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=34670#comment-42741 That module is named “Guidance for Adjudicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Refugee and Asylum Claims”…. so why report it as LGBT and exclude intersex?

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