I have emailed rainbow railroad organization and they replied by the stuff they wanted me to send them which are " Send us written/typed, signed letters from friends, and past/current partners who are aware of your sexual orientation.Send us screenshots of LGBTQI groups that you follow on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram.Send us screenshots of conversations on WhatsApp with you and current or past partners.Please send us a copy of your passport/travel document/or other identification.Please send us a contact number where we can reach you via WhatsApp Video Calling"

I explained them my situation and I can't go around telling people I am gay, so I only sent them my passport pic and my number to contact me.

So, what I need to know is will they respond even after I did not sent them screenshots and the stuff they wanted and discard my request?, or will it just take time?, if someone have any information I will really appreciate it.

I've emailed Rainbow railroad organization, but there reply indicated that they have so many applications and their help is not guaranteed, and they told me to keep looking, so is there a way I get help?, I live in Libya and my life is in danger here, since militias rule here, I might get killed and no one will care, since honor killing is an ok thing to do.

Hello everybody!

I feel like I really can use some help right now. My situation is that me and my partner want to flee Russia because it is highly unsafe here for us since war started even more when before. I'm a Russian citizen and my partner currently too, but they were born in Ukraine and lived half of their life there.

So since the very beginning of March I immediately contacted Rainbow Railroad with cry for help (since they claim to help ru lgbt+ refugees), the answer is month + later asking about more info about travel documents etc and the thing is we are also poor, in big credit debts and never could affor travel. But from many sources I understood that there is no way for us to get travel visa at all (it need you to be with a stable job,big income and good travel history so not for working-middle class), and we can't get to Canada without visa so I'm very confused how we can be refugees.Since my partner is Ukrainian by birth we trying currently to get CUAET travel visas, but we are absolutely not sure if it'll work and nobody can give us clear answer. Rainbow Railroad again not answering us for about 2 months and I think they’ll just won’t do it because they emailed them wrongly formulated letter.

I would really like to make a few back-up plans, so if you know how to get LGBT+refugee help/programs similar to Rainbow Railroad I would be so thankful if you share. Or if you maybe know some info on my topic,would love to hear it too!

Is there any LGBT shelter, housin and that advocates mental health group and hiring a good LGBT lawyer? Thank you

Hi, i've wonder this, do I need medical checkup for claiming refuge, because my one of my friend said I needed to do it? or is this false?

So I got a plane ticket now, is it okay to leave overlay airport to outside to walk around, would that effect my asylum request? would like to know if it's okay Thanks

Hey, I know that you have to claim refuuge in the first safe country, I'm planning to go a country but the airplane would do layover in Qatar or Dubai and they're not safe for me as a LGBT person, I just want to know if they count as the first legally count as the first safe country I entered. Thank you

Note: I created a new account to prevent people from knowing who i am IRL and who I am to be safe

to start I'm a M----- Chinese Trans Female, in my country we prosecute, openly discriminate publicly and it's legal to execute LGBT according to the law they also discriminate any kind of LGBT people and arrest and canning and getting harrassed, shamed and we are exposed to violence, were usually isolated and fear of going out even in medical help those people get disgusted and made fun of you or try to call you the gender you were assigned at birth and not allowed you to go you're preferred toilets and we usually end up doing illegal sexual service and the police like to target these people for corruption and making it seem like they're doing good deeds. but that's the only job we could do most of the time, and finding job is not that easy as well, you get discriminated harrassed and might even stress you out and make you depressed being in the workplace. or some people have the bravery to fly through seeking asylum but I can't contact or know any of them. I do have enough money for a plane ticket and fly somewhere else but i'm not quite sure which country should I go to, but from what i'm trying to do now is seeking asylum in Canada but I need a VISA, which is quite hard to get through by this, is there any advice or tips about how to get through with a visitor VISA, I do have a friend living in Canada but a non-Canadian. on one more note is there any country is like Canada but with VISA free frorm Malaysia or any asylum seekers can help through me how to do this? and I did contact Rainbow Railroad as well, they take months to respond, so i'm asking if anyone or how did anyone go through this in a SEA country

to add on with this, I was clinically diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria, and they were thinking of doing conversion therapy, I'm not sure when and will happen this is why i'm afraid and want to move out of here.

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sorry if my English was bad, I hope you understand it

on a site note our laws is getting scarier and more anti-LGBT: On Friday, 25 June, a task force within the Malaysian government proposed modifications to the laws governing social media. The new amendments would allow Malaysian officials to pursue legal action against users who insult Islam and “promote LGBT lifestyles.”

Have you had an experience of being a queer refugee/asylum seeker? If yes - what's the experience? How did it went?

I am looking at it as an option and am thinking of doing it with my partner. The countries I have in mind are Germany, UK, Canada, Netherlands. Would love some advices or information/comparison.

Thanks in advance!

Hey, my situation is quite weird but here I am.

I'm from Singapore and FTM/intersex transgender with CAH. I cannot change my gender marker on my IC unless I undergo full bottom surgery which is $40k USD and too far out from my price range to ever consider.

I have 20$K USD saved up, which I assumed would be enough for phalloplasty, but it wasn't.

I'm also neurodivergent with learning difficulties (along the lines of dyslexia and executive function) alongside a bad ankle which makes working hard, unless I have a workplace that supports me.

The situation in Singapore is that most companies are horribly transphobic and will not hire you if your ID doesn't match your face. I've the added pitfall of also being disabled, so finding a company that accepts neurodivergent and transgender workers is very difficult.

I'm taking a degree in art which I regret, because on hindsight I have no marketable skills to move with.

I used to do sex work (OF) but with the recent crackdown on porn actors, I'm out of a job. This doesn't include a recent tax hike which makes saving up for phalloplasty even harder than before.

I am hoping to escape to a country where I can afford bottom surgery and find a job, be it through insurance or public healthcare.

The problem is there is no direct discimination against transpeople, only companies mysteriously refusing to hire you and the horribly difficult process of changing your gender, getting married, you're barred from government work and the like.

I am from an Islamic country where there is no death penalty for being gay (luck me) but you will face from 6 months to 4 years of jail if they know you are (depends on how many times did you do it, is it just flirting or did it get physical, etc...) and my father already threaten to kill me if I turn out gay and I can not ask help from the police because my existence is illegal itself. I am planning to seek asylum in Canada but I am afraid, I don't know what will happen and the internet didn't give me answer for questions like :

• will I be able to work and study in college
• will I find a shelter if I don't have money in the first days
• will I be free and live in the society or will I be in a camp
• how much time will they be contacting me, or will they just say go figure it up and I will be on the street

these questions and more, someone may say that I already assumed I ill get the asylum and that I am so hopeful but believe me if I lose the case then my life is over anyway even tho I may still breath a little more time

SO IF YOU EVER WERE AN ASYLUM SEEKER OR YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS I HOPE YOU TAKE SOME OF YOUR TIME AND CONTACT ME, IT WILL REALLY MEAN A LOT (knowing this is not necessary but I am just overthinking about what will happen)

Hi. I'm a young university student in Russia. Fortunately my situation is not as severe as most lgbt people in Russia. I happen to live in a very progressive family and face no direct oppression, though i have only come out of the closest family and friends.

Right now I live together with my boyfriend, we are in a committed relationship, and although we face no direct life threat, our rights are still greatly deminished. We cannot be public about our relationship, cannot get married, wont have parental rights in the possible future if we want to have a child. Moreover, the homophobia situation has been getting worse every year with the anti gay laws and constitutional changes. We have not been harmed or threatened as of yet, but anxiety keeps increasing.

Also Russia has a mandatory army service. I have not been drafted yet because I'm getting a higher education, but my boyfriend already graduated college, and will have to be hiding during draft periods. We obviously do not want to be drafted into the army, because that might turn out to be an actual life threatening situation.

Im getting a good education and in 2 years I have a chance to go study abroad for master's degree. The problem is that my family cannot afford to pay for european education, so i will only go if I'm able to get a money grant to pay for education and living. But even if I do, I cannot just leave my boyfriend behind, I will have to find a way to get him abroad.

So, the question is, what are the ways to do that? I understand, to seek asylum you have to be in a life threatening situation, and we have been extremely fortunate as of yet.

Are there any organisation or people I might contact for information? The country I will go to is not clear yet, my university works mainly with Poland, Germany and USA, but i will apply for as many programs as I can. I am a really good student so I have a high chance of passing for education, but I have to take my boyfriend with me in case I do.

One key point: "A 2019 report on mental illness and resilience among sexual and gender minority refugees and asylum seekers by the British Journal of General Practice found that 76% to  93% of LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers struggled with depression; 28 – 60% with anxiety, 70 – 100% with PTSD and 56 – 72% with suicide ideation."

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/queer-refugees-in-australia-struggle-with-visibility-and-support/204239