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gaygtteen

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hey just wanted to know if any1 here have gained asylum from Guyana,on grounds of being gay and the way that the treat gay people there.which is very bad.just the other day a few guys was arrested for dressing in skinny jeans,tight shirt and females clothes,when the were take to jail the police told them to strip and video taped then.here is wat happen.i am going too apply for asylum so i just wanted to knwo if any1 won asylum that way

Seven transvestites were Monday fined a total of US$225 (GUY$45,000) for dressing in female clothing and three of them were fined an additional US$30 (GUY$6,000) for damaging a bus trunk while retaliating against people who were troubling them because they were gay. Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson-Ogle, in handing down the penalty of US$37.50 (GUY$7,500) each observed that a number of the males were confused about their sexuality, as they were at pains to explain to the court what they were wearing and why they preferred that mode of dress. "It’s a curse on the family. Go to church and give your lives to Christ,” the magistrate told them.

They were each placed on US$50 (GUY$10,000) bail and ordered to return to court next month to answer the loitering charges. Quincy Mc Ewan,24, of Norton Street Lodge; Seon Clarke, 28, of Bent Street and Leon Conway, 38, all pleaded not guilty to the charges of being attired in female clothing and loitering on 6th February at North Road, Lacytown. Clarke's defence was that they were clad in "unisex" clothing and had arranged to meet in the City to attend a show at the National Cultural Centre but at the moment the police suddenly swooped down on them.

Among the descriptions of clothing they gave the court were "passa passa" tight jeans, a jacket with tights, hard jeans, a jacket and tube-top. But the prosecutor insisted that the accused had been all wearing skirts at the time of their arrest. The were each fined for being a being a man in any public way pr public place for any improper purpose, appears in female attire. But another four transvestites-- Anthony Best ,21, of Bourda; Joseph Fraser ,21, of Norton street; Joshua Peters, 21, of Victoria Road, Plaisance, and Seyon Persaud, 20,-- all pleaded guilty to wearing female attire and damage to property. Their clothing-descriptions included a jersey and overcoat, a skirt and designer top, a black dress, and short skirt with red top.

Police said that on 6th February, the quartet were nabbed, dressed in female clothing. The transvestites said they had worn those types of clothing. They added that they were unemployed because no one prefers to employ gays. The prosecution, supported by the virtual complainant Steve Dunlop, told the court that Fraser stole one cellular phone from him valued US$450 (GUY$90,000) and also pelted a bus drunk resulting in damage to the tune of US$60 (GUY$12,000). Dunlop alleged that Best was at the Timehri Bus park when a number of persons began troubling him and Best later returned with several others and began belting despite his plea for them not to do so. The four were each ordered to pay US$10 (GUY$2,000) for damage to the bus trunk.
 
You will probably need more than one isolated case to build your asylum case. I will recommed you contact any Gay organization in Guyana and ask them for info on other cases that occur there. You can also get sworn affit davit from victims of such cases or that witness abuse to gay people in Guyana...best of luck with your case...
 
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when i was waiting for the answer of my case i met a nice guy from your country.GUYANA.we were in the same group of support like refugees and asylees..he is gay and i think is a drag queen.he's got a lot of torture in his country..poor guy.... i'm very friendly with everybody and more with people who have a terrible life in their countries...i remenber he won the case before me...two weeks after i won my case....
if you are in new york...try to find
survivors of torture in the bellevue hospital
THAT'S THE ONLY LINK THAT I KNOW...but if you really have a good case..i know how horrible is the life of people with a different style of life in guyana for what that guy told me...that was in 2004
best wishes
 
Hey varayoc: well i know of more case that just that one,there is a few of them well online that i can find,i just used that one as it is the most recent one which was in February of this year.
 
thanks osogio i will do the best that i can to find more think.i am still waiting on this lawyer to call me back to know if the going to take my case,but wile i am waiting just wanted to know if there was others on here from Guyana that gained asylum.,but i do have a few news paper articles well,and i found this Gay organization in Guyana online too,i am thinking of contact them as varayoc said and see what i can get from them too
 
thanks osogio i will do the best that i can to find more think.i am still waiting on this lawyer to call me back to know if the going to take my case,but wile i am waiting just wanted to know if there was others on here from Guyana that gained asylum.,but i do have a few news paper articles well,and i found this Gay organization in Guyana online too,i am thinking of contact them as varayoc said and see what i can get from them too

Hey man,

You should contact Immigration Equality that is based in New York City esp. since your location states that that's where you are. They are a non-profit that specializes in helping people who want to get asylum based on sexual orientation, HIV poz,etc...They were successful in finding me a great lawyer for my case. I can refer you to my lawyer in NYC as well if you need someone. Send me a private message if you are interested.

www.immigrationequality.org

Good luck!
 
Hey ASSYLEE i did call them and had a intake with them,the told me i needed to do a personal statement and get it back to them and the will review it then call me back on what the will do.I did that and emailed it to them last monday,i got a email from the lady that did my intake and she said someone will contact me this week so i don't know if the going to take my case of not.i am just waiting on them too contact me back.i hope the take it.
 
Gay asylum

hey gay Guyanese guy,
Immigration equality is a very good starting point. I think you should not worry at this stage about getting stuff from Guyana. If they take your case your lawyer will do that for you. Good luck. I am also a gay guy from the Caribbean. I got my asylum last year.
 
hey GayGuy well i am still waiting to hear from immigration equality.the asked me to do a personal statement,did that and now i am waiting to her from them,and waiting to know if the going to take my case,i hope that the take it,cause i really cant find the money to pay a lawyer right now,so i am praying to god that the take it.wat country u from if u don't mind me asking.was the interview wit immigration hard
 
Gay Asylum

Well my interview was not hard but I think it really depends on the individual case. I am Jamaican. Are youwithing the one year filing deadline?
 
Hey ASSYLEE i did call them and had a intake with them,the told me i needed to do a personal statement and get it back to them and the will review it then call me back on what the will do.I did that and emailed it to them last monday,i got a email from the lady that did my intake and she said someone will contact me this week so i don't know if the going to take my case of not.i am just waiting on them too contact me back.i hope the take it.

Make sure you are very thorough in your personal statement. And please don't be disheartened if they cannot find you a lawyer willing to do pro bono. Not sure if that was your original intent or not. They will at the least refer you to a lawyer that is willing to take your case for a fee. They work closely with lawyers who are very familar with applying for asylum based on sexual orientation.
 
hey GayGuy i don't think i am in the 1 year filing deadline.have been here for 7 years now,but from wat immigration equality told me when i did the intake the said i can apply cause of some changes the said.
 
hey ASSYLEE i was very thorough in my personal statement.Yea pro bono is my intent so far cause i cant really find the money to pay a lawyer right now.thanks for the info.
 
Gay Asylum

hey gaygtteen,
I think you just need to hope that they take the case. It sounds like a defensive asylum case but I am not an expert at all.Also, as ASYLEE said, I think you need to be really detailed in the personal statement.
 
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