Bustle: LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Need Protection From Our Government, Not Hostility

“While there’s celebration this Pride Month over how far LGBTQ rights have come, it has been a terrible year nationally for those most marginalized. The Trump administration has attacked health care access for trans folks, refused to protect queer youth, and comfortably rubbed shoulders with dictators who dehumanize LGBTQ people. Under this administration, one of the most urgent situations occurs at the deadly intersection between growing anti-immigrant sentiment and laws that are supposed to protect LGBTQ people who are seeking asylum from countries that persecute them for their sexuality.”

Read our full op-ed here