 | Beaten, isolated, with nowhere to go. Lesbian, gay, bi, and trans refugees like Nina need your help. Chip in today.  | |
Dear friends,
The most vulnerable people aren’t always visible.
People like Nina*, a trans woman from Jordan. After coming out to her family, she was beaten repeatedly by her brother, who threatened to kill her.
Nina fainted from one particularly violent attack, and her father and brother shaved her head while she was unconscious. They wanted to teach Nina “a lesson” for dressing and identifying as a woman.
Nina was forced out of her job as an occupational therapist because of her identity. She’s desperate to leave her family’s house and get out of Jordan. But she has no income, no-one to help her, and nowhere else to go.
All Out’s partner group, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), can help her reach safety in another country. But it all comes at a cost.
$6,600 will resettle Nina to a safer place. $19,800 will resettle her and two more people at risk. Anything beyond that will go towards All Out’s work with members and the media to highlight the struggles of lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people like Nina around the world.
Right now, political leaders are negotiating their support for refugees fleeing violence and persecution. If we rally behind Nina TODAY, we can shine a spotlight on the specific dangers facing lesbian, gay, bi, and trans asylum-seekers. We can make sure that the media and politicians don't forget them.
Facing death threats and violent attacks from their families or communities, countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender refugees have either fled their homes, or are forced to wait in hiding, until some kind of help arrives. You can be that help, Luc.
The search for safety is often fruitless. People like Nina don’t have family to help them in their journey and they’re often cut off from the aid that other refugees receive.
Let’s change that. Chip in today to help make sure that lesbian, gay, bi, and trans asylum-seekers like Nina finally have a safe place to call home:
We've been able to help people like Nina before. Just this year, All Out members raised enough money to provide safe housing for three people from Syria, who fled the country because of violence and death threats from the Islamic State (ISIS) and their communities.
But the problem has reached a breaking point – countless other asylum-seekers are facing discrimination, homelessness, and violence every day, just because of who they are and who they love.
Please, chip in today and help get Nina to safety:
Thanks for going All Out,
Andre, Sarah, Rose, Lucy, Leandro, Tile, and the rest of the All Out team
P.S. Lesbian, gay, bi, and trans asylum-seekers are some of the most persecuted people in the world. Will you chip in to help provide safe accommodations for Nina, and others like her? go.allout.org/en/a/nina-jordan *Nina’s name has been changed to protect her identity.
