The nation’s leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization.

If you are in detention, call: (917) 654-9696
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President Biden and DHS Must End Trans Detention!

Three transgender women have died because of ICE’s willful negligence.

Sign the petition to demand Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas release all transgender people, people living with HIV, and people with medical conditions from ICE custody!

Join the movement for LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrant rights.

USCIS Ends Discriminatory Policy Against Queer Families! The Agency Now Acknowledges Marriages of Same-Sex Couples and Their Right to Confer U.S. Birthright Citizenship to Their Children.
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Client Stories

Denise is a transgender woman from Trinidad who fled to the United States in 2004 after being brutally assaulted. Thanks to Immigration Equality, she was granted asylum.

Edafe is a gay refugee from Nigeria who was granted asylum. In Nigeria, he was a victim of mob violence due to his work advocating for LGBTQ access to health care. He is now an author and runs a refugee shelter.

Baby Simone was born abroad to a same-sex couple, and the State Department treated her as “born out of wedlock.” We represented the family in federal court, and she is now recognized as a U.S. citizen since birth!
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