Resource: Rainbow Welcome Videos
Heartland Alliance
Two new videos highlight the courageous stories of gay, lesbian, and transgender refugees and their allies.
Tag Archives: LGBTI
Religious Call to Action for Supporting LGBT Refugees
Resource: A Religious Call to Action for Supporting LGBT Refugees within Communities of Faith
Heartland Alliance International’s Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Shows inspiring clergy and resettlement workers in their ongoing efforts to ensure LGBT refugees are welcomed by their religious communities.
International Protection for LGBT Refugees
Resource: International Protection for a Newly Surfacing Refugee Community
Migration Information Source
Articles discusses that asylum and refugee status on the basis of sexual orientation is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States and many other countries. International protection, however, is not constant from country to country for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees.
Webinar: Strengthening Services for LGBT Refugees and Asylees Part II
Training: Strengthening Services for LGBT Refugees and Asylees Part II: Creating Safe Spaces
Presented by: Heartland Alliance
Audience: Resettlement agencies
Webinar examines how agency policies, practices, and procedures affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) participants’ comfort level and can determine whether they self-disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity. Also learn about the physical safety concerns of LGBT refugees and asylees.
Jan 14, 2013, 2 to 3:30pm EST
Webinar examines how agency policies, practices, and procedures affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) participants’ comfort level and can determine whether they self-disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity. Also learn about the physical safety concerns of LGBT refugees and asylees.
Jan 14, 2013, 2 to 3:30pm EST
Video recording of webinar available on YouTube.
Strengthening Services for LGBT Refugees and Asylees
Resource: Webinar recording of Strengthening Services for LGBT Refugees and Asylees
Heartland Alliance International’s Rainbow Welcome Initiative
The November 1, 2012 webinar on Strengthening Services for LGBT Refugees and Asylees: Understanding Terms, Concepts, and Conditions is now available. Visit their Resources for Services Providers webpage, select the Capacity Building section, and scroll down to “Webinar-Understanding Terms, Concepts, and Conditions.”
Rainbow Response: A Practical Guide to Resettling LGBT Refugees and Asylees
Resource: Rainbow Response: A Practical Guide to Resettling LGBT Refugees and Asylees
Heartland Alliance, Welcome Home Initiative
A field manual intended to support resettlement service providers in their efforts to tailor core services and meet the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender refugees and asylees.
Opening Doors
Resource: Opening Doors
Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration
Report summarizing worldwide survey of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) caring for LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers.
Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Resource: Rainbow Welcome Initiative
Heartland Alliance
This new website provides resources to support resettlement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (LGBT) refugees and asylees.