Protecting LGBT Refugees from Violence

How can LGBT refugees be protected from violence, in sprawling camps the size of major cities, and in countries where their very existence is outlawed?

It’s a crisis in every sense of the word, but one that US and UN officials have said they’re committed to tackling.

Through the lens of two East African countries where anti-LGBT discrimination is pervasive, the group Human Rights First has laid out practical steps on how to do so. And the group’s new report, “The Road to Safety,” shows what's really at stake. Consider this:

-In 2010, two refugee women in Uganda were abducted and raped because they had been assisting LGBTI refugees.

-In November 2011, a gay male refugee in Uganda was locked in his home and a group of refugees tried to burn him alive.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/washington-dc/2012/05/18/protecting-lgbt-refugees-violence-0