Posts Tagged ‘lgbtiq’
Gender identity and migration in South Africa: a layered experience
South Africa carries an additional appeal for African LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking to flee victimisation and criminalisation in their home countries. Due to the provisions of its progressive post-apartheid constitution, South Africa has explicitly recognised persecution based on sexuality and gender identity as legitimate grounds for asylum since 1998.
Read More“I lost my only son, but I gained many more”: Alba Lucía Reyes
The suicide of her only son, Sergio Urrego, as a result of bullying he experienced from the administrators of the school where he studied, led Alba Lucía Reyes to create the Sergio Urrego Foundation in 2015, focused on the prevention of suicide among children and young people and on non-discrimination in schools, a fact that made her a recognized “activist mom” for the rights of children and young people.
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