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October 4, 2012
Activists tell UK: Don't send Nigerian gay nurse back, it may kill him

AllOut launches urgent petition to stop UK sending gay Nigerian gay asylum seeker back to risk his death

LGBT campaign organization AllOut has launched a petition begging Britain not to send a Nigerian nurse, Olalekan M Ayelokun, back home where his life will be at risk.

As Gay Star News reported, The UK Border Agency (UKBA) attempted to deport Ayelokun, a gay asylum seeker, to Nigeria on Tuesday (2 October) where it's illegal to be gay.

September 7, 2012
Denmark protest to save Guatemalan trans activist

Campaigners will march in Copenhagen to stop the deportation of Fernanda Milan who fears she will be attacked, tortured and killed if sent back to Guatemala

Campaigners will march through the streets of Copenhagen to protest the deportation of trans woman Fernanda Milán back to Guatemala, where she fears she will be attacked and killed.

Activists will demonstrate in the Danish capital's Kongens Nytorv square on Saturday (8 September) at noon, where there will also be political speeches and music.

Guatamala has a shocking reputation for transgender hate crimes. A 2010 report showed that 13 transwomen were murdered over one year.

September 7, 2012
The lesbian asylum case that shows a broken system

Immigration expert Omar Kuddus highlights the story of lesbian Alice’s bid to avoid deportation back to Cameroon to face persecution

Detention centers stand as monuments to Britain’s attitude to human rights, incarcerating behind razor wire asylum seekers awaiting deportation.

They are the last stop for those who have failed to make a successful asylum claim, a key tool in the British governments attempt to ‘manage migration’.

Much of the debate around immigration to the UK focuses on the legitimacy of asylum claims.

Alice Nji, a lesbian asylum seeker from Cameroon who has had her deportation delayed after the pilot refused to fly her back in the private charter, is one such case.

June 20, 2012
Dharun Ravi will not be deported from US

Former Rutgers student who spied on gay roommate released from jail

Dharun Ravi was released from Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick, New Jersey, on Tuesday (19 June) and will not have to worry about being deported to his native India.

The 20 year old, convicted of spying on his gay roommate and another man while a student at Rutgers University, served 20 days of a 30 day sentence in the high-profile case. The roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide after Ravi discussed what he saw on the webcam with friends on Twitter.

June 12, 2012
London demo for Ugandan gay asylum seekers this Friday

Movement for Justice are planning a demonstration this Friday (15 June) to protest the deportation of Linda Nakibuuke

A Ugandan lesbian who was subjected to violent homophobic abuse in her home country is being threatened with deportation back there by the UK Borders Agency.

Linda Nakibuuke, 22, has been detained since 11 April and despite being told that she was tortured for being a lesbian in Uganda, the UK Borders Agency still plan to deport her there.

April 24, 2012
After success in The Netherlands, ‪Ugandan LGBT activists fight for ‬UK asylum seekers

Four Ugandan and Senegalese asylum seekers in the UK are in danger of being sent back to their deaths

Gay UK asylum seekers who are in danger of being deported back to countries where their lives are in danger are the new target for a group who successfully lobbied for a Dutch asylum seeker to say in the country.

March 23, 2012
Gay California couple fights to stay together against deportation

A gay couple in San Francisco is challenging the federal marriage law that disregards same-sex unions in a bid to stay together in the U.S.

San Francisco’s federal immigration court put a deportation case on hold today (23 March) for a gay undocumented immigrant married to a U.S. citizen, according to the couple's attorney.

Alfonso Garcia, a 35-year-old Mexican native who moved to the United States with his parents in his mid-teens, and his 37-year-old husband Brian Willingham are petitioning the federal immigration service for legal residency based on their marriage, the CNN cited attorney Lavi Soloway as saying.

March 11, 2012
Gay marriage saves immigrant

A gay Costa Rican immigrant has been saved from deportation because of his marriage to an American man

Last week, David Gonzalez, a gay Costa Rican immigrant was saved from deportation due to his marriage to US citizen, Mario Ramirez.

The pair were married in California during the brief period that same-sex marriage was legal in 2006 and then moved to Texas. On Thursday, the Houston immigration judge ended the deportation proceedings against Gonzalez due to this fact.

Although there have been similar actions involving married gay binational couples in California, New Jersey and other American states, it is believed to be the first of its kind in Texas.

March 10, 2012
Nigerian asylum seeker saved from UK deportation by GSN article

John Abraham had his deportation flight cancelled after court swayed by Gay Star News article

Nigerian gay asylum seeker John Abraham was saved from being deported from the UK thanks to an article by Gay Star News.

John Abraham, 25, is currently in Colinbrook Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow airport, west London, and was due to be deported to Nigeria on Thursday evening (8 March).