A number of local and national publications have covered our work and that of our member organizations. Our members have also written about their involvement in the Network. Please see below for links. If you would like to interview us about our work, please send us a message via our contact form.
Note: some of the below articles refer to us as the “LGBT Faith and Asylum Network,” as they were published prior to our name change. For more information on our rebranding and expansion, please click here.
- Kate Opalewski. December 22, 2016. What’s Next? The Election, Asylum & LGBT Rights. Pride Source
- Human Rights Campaign. 2016. Coming to America: LGBT Asylum Seekers Face Years of Additional Hurdle. Washington, DC: Equality. Winter, February 1st, pg. 19-21. Click Here for Article.
- Rogers, TJ. November 25, 2015. Viewpoint: Our Doors Are Open. Pride Source. Originally printed 11/25/2015 (Issue 2347 - Between The Lines News).
- Lavers, Michael K. November 3, 2015. New Rule Allows Refugees to Bring Same-Sex Partners to U.S. Washington: The Washington Blade.
- Ighodaro, Micheal, and TJ Rogers. October 29, 2015. Welcoming A Globally Inclusive Community. Pride Source. Originally printed 10/29/2015 (Issue 2344 - Between The Lines News).
- Lee, Steve. October 16, 2015. LGBT Advocacy Groups Release Report to Support LGBT Asylum Seekers. San Diego, CA: The San Diego LGBT Weekly.
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LGBTnewswire.eu. October 16, 2015. Report to Support LGBT Asylum Seekers Released by HRC, LGBT FAN, and National LGBTQ Task Force. My So Called Gay Life UK.
- Out in Jersey. October 16, 2015. Groundbreaking report to support LGBT asylum seekers released. Out in Jersey.
- Brodie, Kerry. October 15, 2015. Report to Support LGBT Asylum Seekers Released Today by HRC, LGBT-FAN and National LGBTQ Task Force. Washington, DC: Human Rights Campaign (HRC) blog.
- Windy City Times. October 15, 2015. Guide to Supporting LGBT Asylum Seekers Released by HRC, LGBT-FAN, Nat’l LGBTQ Task Force. Chicago: The Windy City Times.
- Human Rights First. April 16, 2015. Human Rights First’s Vanessa Allyn to Receive 2015 Center Global Advocate Award. Human Rights First.
- Horowitz, Susan. March 13, 2015. Dissecting LGBT Discrimination and Persecution around the Globe. Pride Source. Originally printed 3/13/2014 (Issue 2211 - Between The Lines News).
- Rogers, TJ. March 11, 2015. Local, Global Jewel: Freedom House Detroit: Home to Survivors of Persecution and Torture. Pride Source. Originally printed 3/12/2023 (Issue 2311 - Between The Lines News).
- Windy City Times. February 16, 2015. ‘Safe Home’ for LGBTQI Asylum Seekers in Chicago. Chicago: The Windy City Times.
- Belhumeur, Jenna. October 17, 2014. New York City As Asylum for LGBT Africans. Medium.com.
- Carr, Christina. September 30, 2014. Lawmakers Urge Protection for LGBT Immigrants. Congressional Quarterly.
- Windy City Times. September 30, 2014. Chicago LGBT Asylum Support Program Holds Coming Out Day Event. Chicago: The Windy City Times.
- Childers, Lauren E. September 16, 2014. Ugandan documentary screens at church. Chicago: Windy City Times.
- Machado, Danilo, and Ben Francisco Maulbeck. July, 2014. Pathways Forward: Foundation Funding to LGBTQ Immigration Issues. New York: Funders for LGBTQ Issues.
- Paolino, Christian. June 20, 2014. On World Refugee Day, Integrity remembers LGBT asylum seekers. Walking with Integrity.
- Cassell, Heather. March 27, 2014. Lots to do for queer refugees coming to the Bay Area. Bay Area Reporter 44(13).
- Gerhardt, Anne Marie. March 17, 2014. Helping LGBT people seek safety in Chicago. Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.
- O’Loughlin, Michael. March 7, 2014. WATCH: Christian Pastors Involved in African LGBT Issues – But Not How You May Think. The Advocate.
- CBS News. March 6, 2014. New Group Helps Seek Asylum for LGBT Victims of Persecution. CBS Chicago.
- Wasserman, Melissa. March 5, 2014. New Chicago Group Helps Asylum Seekers. The Windy City Times.
- Anon. March 5, 2014. CLASP – Chicago LGBT Asylum Support Program: Helping LGBT People Seeking Safety in Chicago. Reconciling Ministries Network.
- Montgomery, Peter. February 27, 2014. Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Releases Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports. Religion Dispatches.
- Lavers, Michael K. Feburary 19, 2014. LGBT Nigerians seek asylum in U.S., Canada. The Washington Blade.
- Niedzwiecki, Max. February 5, 2014. From Lagos, Sochi, Kampala and Beyond: The Long, Strange Trip of LGBT Asylum Seekers. White Courtesy Telephone.
- More Light Presbyterians. January 29, 2014. Seeking Safety in the United States. More Light Presbyterians.
- Gupta, Priyanka. January 27, 2014. LGBT Exodus from Russia: Stories of Exile. Huffington Post.
- Potenza, Lauren. January 16, 2014. A Review of the LGBT Faith & Asylum Network Retreat. UUA International.
- Becker, John M. January 9, 2014. U.S. Policies Fail LGBT Asylum Seekers. The Bilerico Project.
- Montgomery, Peter. January 9, 2014. Rise in Homophobia Brings Focus on Asylum for LGBT People. Religion Dispatches.
- Nathan, Melanie. January 8, 2014. U.S.A Perpetuates the Criminalization of LGBT Asylum Seekers. O-blog-dee-o-blog-da.
- Niedzwiecki, Max. January 8, 2014. Seeing Jesus as an LGBT Asylum Seeker. Walking with Integrity.
- Nathan, Melanie. January 6, 2014. Capitol Hill Briefing on Asylum as LGBT Persecution Escalates. O-blog-dee-o-blog-da.
- Niedzwiecki, Max. September 26, 2013. WWJD for Queers Fleeing Terror, and Why Should Integrity Care? Walking with Integrity.
- Stewart, Colin. June 10, 2013. Reminder to U.S.: LGBT People Suffer in 76+ Countries. Erasing 76 Crimes.
- Kristofferson, Cathy. June 9, 2013. Boston Pride Speaks LGBT Asylum. O-blog-dee-o-blog-da.