SUBMISSION TO ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (APPG) ON GLOBAL LGBT RIGHTS: INQUIRY INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM’S STANCE ON INTERNATIONAL BREACHES OF LGBT RIGHTS 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 Contact Paul Dillane Executive Director UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group 32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EH Tel: 020 7922 7812 Email: was initially refused asylum but granted refugee status in 2007. Coming to the UK changed my life. I “I could be my true self. I didn’t need to hide anymore. In a way I have the British Government to thank but it was a very difficult process. Asylum is a dirty word because of the way the media portrays it. I couldn’t even bring myself to say I was a refugee. Now I am speaking up for others who need help.” – Sahhara Trans women and refugee from Nigeria –
SUBMISSION TO ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (APPG) ON GLOBAL LGBT RIGHTS: INQUIRY INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM’S STANCE ON INTERNATIONAL BREACHES OF LGBT RIGHTS 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 Contact Paul Dillane Executive Director UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group 32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EH Tel: 020 7922 7812 Email: “I was initially refused asylum but granted refugee status in 2007. Coming to the UK changed my life. I could be my true self. I didn’t need to hide anymore. In a way I have the British Government to thank but it was a very difficult process. Asylum is a dirty word because of the way the media portrays it. I couldn’t even bring myself to say I was a refugee. Now I am speaking up for others who need help.” – Sahhara – Trans women and refugee from Nigeria
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