Lesbian refugee in danger of deportation

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Tuesday October 07, 2008 00:46 by Paul McAndrew paulmcandrew at gmail dot com

Metropolitan Community Church Manchester (England) ishelping Prossy, who is from Uganda. She fled to the UK eight months ago. The Home Office accepts she is lesbian and has endured horrific treatment,

The Home Office accepts she is lesbian and has endured horrific treatment, but they seem to think it would be safe to return to another town in Uganda where she is not known, ignoring the fact that homosexuality is illegal all over Uganda, where the press conduct witch hunts for gays and lesbians and one needs a reference from one's former village or town to settle into a new one. On their website http://www.mccmanchester.co.uk click on the Prossy Must Stay link to read her story and view a video she made. There are petitions, sample letters, posters, and flyers to use in helping her.