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LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to 'prove' their gender or sexual identity at US border

  • Written by Stefan Vogler, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine
LGBTQ migrants traveling with the migrant caravan.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

Among the more than 7,000 people who are part of the migrant caravan – a group of Central American refugees fleeing extreme violence in their home countries – a smaller group of about 80 LGBTQ individuals has broken off from the larger group. These individuals...

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