This Minnesota thrift store is providing refuge for LGBTQ+ southerners
A growing number of LGBTQ+ southerners and other transgender refugees are seeking resources at a new shop in Minneapolis, which provides its items for free.
February 4, 2024
CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2025 Equal Entertainment LLC.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
transgender refugees
As Transgender ‘Refugees’ Flock to New Mexico, Waitlists Grow
Thanks to New Mexico's gender-affirming care protections, many trans Americans are seeking health care in its hospitals and clinics. But health care facilities say it's been overwhelming.
November 6, 2023
Rachel Levine Discusses Disturbing ‘Medical Refugees’ Crisis Sweeping Across the U.S.
The assistant secretary for health tackles “medical refugees,” misinformation, and transgender health care challenges in an interview with The Advocate.
October 24, 2023
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Is Out
Departure comes amid growing family seperations while the death of a transgender refugee in ICE custody remains unexplained.
April 8, 2019
This Trans Artist’s Nightmarish Journey to the West
Maggie is a transgender refugee from Lebanon whose performance art fuels her identity, as it fueled her nightmarish journey to the West.
September 8, 2016
Protecting LGBT Refugees from Violence
Through the lens of two East African countries where anti-LGBT discrimination is pervasive, a new report by Human Rights First lays the groundwork for aiding vulnerable gay and transgender refugees.
May 18, 2012
A tipping point for LGBTQ+ forced migration
The U.S. asylum and refugee programs are a lifeline for LGBTQ+ individuals facing danger abroad. But LGBTQ+ Americans, especially transgender individuals, are increasingly seeking safety within our own borders, writes InReach's Jamie Sgarro.
June 20, 2024
Ohio transgender woman Kassim Omar dies from 2022 shooting injuries
Omar had fled Somalia in search of a better life in the U.S. The shooting left her paralyzed.
October 4, 2024
Bishop Budde’s inaugural remarks, not the impiety at Kirk’s memorial, are what Christianity is really about
Opinion: Will we follow the Christianity that serves the oppressed or the one that justifies hate and exclusion? writes John Casey/
September 23, 2025
Why Are LGBT Syrian Refugees a Priority?
White House spokesman Josh Earnest denied that the Obama administration has a quota system for admitting Syrian refugees.
December 9, 2015
ICE Center Deleted Video of Trans Refugee's Treatment; Sens. Ask Why
Roxsana Hernandez died in ICE custody in May 2018, and Sens. Kamala Harris and Richard Blumenthal are asking why surveillance video was erased.
November 1, 2019
The Plight of LGBT Refugees
In December, President Obama set ambitious goals for protecting and rapidly resettling vulnerable LGBT refugees worldwide. Can his administration deliver?
June 1, 2012
LGBTQ+ People In Beirut Are Suffering As Lebanon Continues to Bleed
Following a revolution, a crisis, a pandemic, and an explosion, LGBTQ+ people are suffering disproportionately in the city of Beirut.
August 18, 2020
WATCH: Trans Refugee Finally Finds Safety in New Zealand
After months of being rejected for asylum because she had not undergone any gender-confirming surgeries, trans refugee Eliana Rubashkyn says she can finally live as herself in New Zealand.
September 3, 2014
Creator of the trans flag is fleeing U.S. due to LGBTQ+ persecution
Monica Helms and her wife, Darlene Wagner, have launched a fundraiser to facilitate their move abroad.
September 5, 2025
Experts say that gender-affirming care bans amount to 'abuse.' Why won't lawmakers listen?
Despite medical professionals insisting bans on gender-affirming care for minors “amount to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse," politicians won't relent.
January 31, 2024
AOC Confronts Head of Homeland Security on 'Rape Memes' About Her
She suggests in a congressional hearing that Homeland Security has a dehumanizing culture that is permeating the federal agency.
July 19, 2019
The Situation for LGBT Asylum Seekers Just Got Even More Dire
Even though courts initially froze Trump's "Muslim bans," his executive orders still slowed the U.S. resettlement of LGBT people fleeing violence. Now that the Supreme Court has partially reinstated the bans, things are getting really scary.
June 27, 2017
One Year After Dobbs: Keeping Up the Fight for Bodily Autonomy
Conservative politicians are going not only after abortion but trans health care and LGBTQ+ rights in general. But activists and everyday citizens are fighting back.
June 24, 2023
Trump Dumps ICE Director Involved In Death of Trans Woman
Senators challenged Ron Vitiello in December over the death of a trans migrant in ICE's care. His nomination is now withdrawn.
True
April 5, 2019
Trans Woman Brutally Murdered in Turkey
Hande Kader's death marks another tragedy for LGBT people in a country struggling to survive religious conservatives and an unstable political regime.
August 19, 2016