AsylumConnect

This store benefits AsylumConnect, a tech nonprofit providing the first ever digital resource platform for LGBTQ asylum. Your purchase will help connect LGBTQ asylum seekers with safe services and support in their new home. AsylumConnect is a 501(c)(3) public charity recognized by the IRS (EIN: 81-1066673). It is still illegal to be gay in 70 countries. Every year, thousands of LGBTQ people are forced to flee their home countries due to persecution based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Many will seek LGBTQ asylum in hopes of living freely. From leaving their dangerous home country to resettlement, it is often a matter of life-or-death for LGBTQ asylum seekers to be able to easily identify and connect with legitimate and LGBTQ-affirming lawyers and other direct service providers. Launched in 2016, the “AsylumConnect Catalog” is the first ever resource website and app designed for LGBTQ asylum. LGBTQ asylum seekers and related LGBTQ populations (such as LGBTQ undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ homeless youth) use AsylumConnect as a free digital one-stop-shop referral site to meet their needs in all aspects of their lives, including: housing, legal, food, medical, mental health, community, education and employment, and more. Since 2016, AsylumConnect's app has connected over 11,000 unique users with verified safe LGBTQ- and immigrant-friendly services in the U.S. Supporters include: Roddenberry Foundation, Clinton Foundation, U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants, and Urban Justice Center. Learn more at: www.asylumconnect.org.