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To Secure Asylum, Some Ugandans Falsely Claim LGBTQ+ Status

A picture of ​Ariana Mutomi, a Ugandan transgender women.
Ariana Mutomi says she witnessed manipulation of the asylum process at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya by people who admitted to her they were pretending to be gender and sexual minorities for asylum opportunities. Nakisanze Segawa/GPJ

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality laws offer plentiful reasons for transgender, gay and other gender and sexual minorities to seek asylum abroad. But some heterosexual people have seen an easy ticket out for themselves.

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