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- Title: Strategies for Challenging Homophobia in Islamic Malaysia and Secular China (Report)
- Author : Nebula
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 369 KB
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Recently I served as an expert witness for a gay Malaysian who is applying for asylum in the United States Immigration Court. There is a provision in the U.S. immigration code that offers asylum based on persecution "on the basis of membership in a particular social group" that is discriminated against. During the Clinton administration, Attorney General Janet Reno issued a declaration that LGBT people constituted "a social group" that can be considered under this provision of the law. Since that time, quite a number of immigrants have won asylum on this provision. The first court case on which I served as an expert witness was the case of a gay man from China. In 1998 I was called as an expert witness due to work I had been doing with Dr. Wan Yan Hai, China's leading gay activist and AIDS educator. In 1997 my longtime activist friend Lyle Henry, who has traveled widely in China, asked me to try to bring Dr. Wan to America. I was able to arrange for him to be accepted as a visiting scholar at USC so that he could continue his work under my direction. It was crucial at that time for Wan to be granted this official academic position, because he was on the verge of being arrested by police due to his AIDS-activist political activities in China. Fortunately, USC approved my request quickly, and Wan was able to receive a formal invitation as a visiting scholar at the University. With the offer of this position he was able to receive a visa from the Chinese government. In this case, the Chinese government's desire for its scholars to receive international recognition trumped its police department, or perhaps they were just happy to see this troublesome activist leave the country.
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