Better Together NYC

New York City-area coalition striving to provide better services for LGBTIQ asylum seekers & asylees. Regional partner of @lgbt_fan CONTACT: [email protected]

[Brooklyn Voters Alliance @BKVoters]

VOTE. EVERY. TIME.
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💥VOTE TUES JUNE 26th!💥
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[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

In 2017, #LGBTQ people in ICE custody were 97 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than non-LGBTQ people in detention. If you can't protect us, don't detain us! https://t.co/JzIzH34xpJ

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

ICYMI: the structural disadvantages of #LGBTQ+ #asylum seekers’ unique experiences https://t.co/VdHf4JMqR8

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

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[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

If you are in NYC stop by our #FreeToBeMe exhibit, on display at the @LGBTCenterNYC through the end of February. https://t.co/vTbTYla2xD

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

New York's @LGBTCenterNYC Celebrates LGBT Immigration with Photography Exhibit https://t.co/VdftBoSy1z cc: @IEquality View exhibit here: https://t.co/34WjP2kK9y

[Gregory Allan Datu Cendana 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 @gregorycendana]

Please RT: @TransEquality @NCLRights @UNITEDWEDREAM @UndocuBlack @LGBTProgress will host Facebook Live Convo on #DreamActNow & #LGBTQ Community TODAY 2/6 at 1pm EST/10am PST https://t.co/2EKGwMWpmW cc: @JayesGreenJ @Shugruberg @tyrone_hanley @SirSheri #NoFamilyBan #protectTPS

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

Often, once arriving in the US, trans “women end up in detention centers, where they deal with similar issues as they did back in their native countries.” - @JGpresente of @familiatqlm https://t.co/BPtl3VxpkT via @latina

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

“One caseworker handling Kowalisidi’s [#asylum] application had no idea what a transgender person was. A second was more blunt. ‘If you haven’t had gender reassignment surgery, you are a woman.’” https://t.co/4KCX72Og1A

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

Download the country’s best advice on aiding #lgbt #asylumseekers and #asylees and how to improve or create services https://t.co/hICzTZvSfq

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

Hey journalists: don’t belittle queer refugee or asylum experiences by blaming anti-gay sentiment on simply ‘culture’ and ‘religion’ - you’re ignoring the political and economic realities that systematically lift some lives while suppressing others. https://t.co/ulZ0FI57Td

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

ICYMI upstate asylum detention violations ruled unacceptable and must change. Great work @RefugeeAssist and @NYCLU ! https://t.co/aXwui1F5eV

[Better Together NYC @BetterTNYC]

Could you legally prove your sexuality? #asylum https://t.co/NRWGXYIECl

[Dara Lind @DLind]

It turns out that if you give every detained immigrant a lawyer, up to 12 TIMES AS MANY of them win deportation cases. https://t.co/IQU0xNK7KK

[AILA @AILANational]

Breaking: U.S. Judge Blocks Trump’s Third Try at #TravelBan https://t.co/CAD8VwOt0K

[NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) @NYCLU]

Federal officials plan to collect social media info on all immigrants, including residents and naturalized citizens https://t.co/tVLyscD1qO

[Brooklyn Defenders @BklynDefender]

ICE officers literally started whistling casually when a reporter walked by.

[Queer Detainee Empowerment Project @queerDEP]

Release of workshops & TWO WEEKS Left Until Queering Immigration Conference: Register Today! ��😍 - https://t.co/A0z4osn58E

[Queer Detainee Empowerment Project @queerDEP]

Sponsor a directly impacted person to attend the Queering Immigration Conference Today! 😍 - https://t.co/ScgDF2SiqN