Refugee Claimants: Conservative Politician

Same Sex Marriage Dept: To be sure, both the Canadian and British governments have spotty records on LGBT refugee rights. In 2009, Mr. Kenney appointed Doug Cryer, a long-time Conservative who opposes same-sex marriage, to the tribunal that decides whether gays get refugee status in Canada. More recently, the minister was accused of blocking any reference to lesbian and gay rights in a new Canadian citizenship study guide for immigrants. And in the spring, the Conservative government’s initial refugee-reform proposals were denounced as unfair for people facing homophobic persecution, according to Globe And Mail. Many countries maintain severe criminal penalties for consensual sex between persons of the same sex. Witness Uganda, where legislators are considering imposing the death penalty for anyone who engages in homosexual relations. In Malawi, a gay couple was arrested last December and charged with “gross public indecency” for getting married. Other countries ban meetings and publications, or deem homosexuality and transexuality as Western or anti-revolutionary, crimes against religion, sexually deviant and immoral, unacceptable challenges to gender-specific roles or mental disorders and it might seem incongruous that a conservative politician and cautious judges are providing remarkable leadership on an issue largely neglected by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Canadians. But while Mr. Kenney promotes the sponsorship of LGBT refugees and staid judicial Lords argue that gay men should be free to live openly without fear, most Canadians attending Pride festivals this summer will be paying little attention to the plight of sexual minorities in other countries. In Britain, many refugee claimants are detained in prison-like facilities where homophobia is often prevalent. And LGBT refugees have been returned to unsafe situations in Jamaica, Iran and Uganda, because authorities believe they can avoid persecution by changing their names, moving to a different part of the country and refraining from having same-sex relationships. As reported in the news.
@t public indecency, pride festivals