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Gay man rejected for asylum by Home Office told he is 'not truly gay' by judge

metro.co.uk Gay man rejected for asylum by Home Office told he is 'not truly gay' by judge

'I could face violence or even be killed if I returned.'

LGBTQ+ @lemmy.blahaj.zone Five @slrpnk.net 4 wk. ago

metro.co.uk /2024/10/20/gay-man-rejected-asylum-told-not-truly-gay-judge-21803417/

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Man, fuck that judge!

(Read it once as an expression of derision, then again as literal advice.)
"if you wanna get in you have to prove to me you're gay 😉😘"

-that judge
I'm not saying he should have to, but is there a reason he can't just submit, "video evidence"
- Was there ever a hetero person seeking asylum that had to give their sex tape to a shitty official?
  
  I mean probably yeah.
  
  I don't think heterosexuals are persecuted anywhere, that's not a valid equivalence. Not that I find the idea of making porn to prove your sexual orientation morally fine.
  
  Hence the "I’m not saying he should have to". To clarify, I'm asking if there's some rule or law of evidence that prevents someone doing that.
- "You don't look like you're enjoying it enough"
I don’t know anything about situation but damn they really found the umm most flamboyants pictures of him.
- The question is whether this is all there is.
  
  He originally applied for a student visa. If a judge takes this at face value and is approved, every asylum seeker will take a picture with rainbows to get approved. The judge did comment on posturing and I think is just asking "have you ever been in a same sex relationship?". It could be that there is zero evidence of a relationship.
  
  Being gay isn't wearing rainbows, it's being attracted to someone of the same sex.
  
  Asylum cases are a little more challenging and do need more proof than other situations.
  
  “A major part of this involves giving oral testimony to a Home Office official. Inspectors in 2013 found that one in 10 interviewers would ask LGBTQ+ asylum seekers ‘intrusive questions’ such as: ‘Did you put your penis into X’s backside?’ and ‘Did X ejaculate inside you?’“
  
  Bruh imagine getting deported for being a Virgin, you don’t carry enough homosexual proof like wtf, like what are you even saying ? He should be gayer? Like wtf, he should be promiscuous would that “validate” him?
  
  He's worked for an lgbtqia+ charity for asylum seekers. At this point, I don't care if he is gay, he deserves to be accepted on merit.
  
  If you come from a country where homosexuals have to fear for their life, taking and publishing pictures like that puts you in mortal danger if your asylum claim is denied.
  I'd say after providing these photos, it almost doesn't matter whether you're really gay.
They asked him to recite the lyrics to Believe and he only remembered two verses.
I mean.... The judge is probably right, knowing these people 😂
- Gay people? Yeah, they're all pretending. Gobbling dicks just to own the libs.
  
  A lot of these "asylum seekers" are actually just trying to game the system. Doesn't help that you need a £40k job to work in the UK, but still
- "knowing these people"? The fuck does that mean? Is this racist or homophobic? I literally can't tell.
  
  There are illegal immigrants who try anything to take advantage of the system. It's not racist or homophobic. There are plenty of good people from these countries as well who want to play by the rules, who get discredited by clowns like this.

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