Support for LGBT Asylum Seekers
Added on Friday 27 Nov 2009
THE LGBT FEDERATION WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR NEXT
EVENT FOCUSING ON ‘ASYLUM’.
IN MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE
TO BE LGBT AND IN TEN OF THESE COUNTRIES THE PENALTY IS DEATH.
LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ENTER THE UK AND FIND IT DIFFICULT TO
BE PART OF ANY COMMUNITY AS THEY ARE REJECTED BY THEIR BIRTH
COMMUNITY AND STRUGGLE WITH HETEROSEXUAL SYSTEMS IN PLACE
TO SUPPORT NEWCOMERS.
THE FEDERATION WOULD LIKE TO START UP A NEW ‘NORTH EAST LGBT
ASYLUM GROUP’ TO SUPPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS COMING TO THE UK.
THE EVENT TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER AT
STOCKTON RIVERSIDE COLLEGE, HARVARD AVE, THORNABY
7 – 8.30
6.30 FOOD AVAILABLE
AS PART OF THE EVENING WE WILL BE SHOWING SEVERAL FILMS,
GIVING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUES LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS
FACE AND EXCHANGING IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT LGBT
ASYLUM SEEKERS THROUGH A NEW GROUP.
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME
IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING FROM OUT OF THE AREA:
EMAIL SIMON@LGBTFED.COM AS WE WILL BE ARRANGING TRANSPORT
FOR THOSE LIVING IN NEWCASTLE, GATESHEAD, SUNDERLAND AND
THE SURROUNDING AREAS.