Calling from the Landline

Calling from the Landline

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A Support Network for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

A Support Network for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

“I have a new opportunity to live and to be myself and to not hide behind someone who I am not.” - Marveny, 27

Alice L Driver
Dec 22, 2021
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“Her letters were very lively, and since few people wrote us in detention, her letters were read by many people.” – asylum seeker Marveny, 27, who received letters from her sponsor Diana while in detention

Alexi and José hugged each other in the street. Alondra changed her legal name. Misleidi dressed how she wanted. Marveny hoped to be a nurse. Each of …

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