Tag: LGBT Issues

Adrielle Grant, a 19 year old immigrant from Guyana, is homeless in New York City
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Von Diaz on PRI’s The World: LGBT Immigrant Youth Struggle in New York

Listen to reporter Von Diaz’s radio story about young gay immigrants in New York, and the difficulties they face coming out to their families.

Celebrations after the passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York
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Radio: Same-Sex Marriage in NY Doesn’t Solve Problems for Gay Immigrants

As a guest on the Michael Eric Dyson Show, Fi2W’s Erwin De Leon talked about the remaining barriers to equal rights faced by bi-national gay couples.

The Morton Memo on Immigration Enforcement: What About Gay Families?

In his weekly column, Erwin de Leon looks at a recent memo from the head of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and its potential impact on gay binational couples.

Monica Alcota and Cristina Ojeda's wedding photograph
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Podcast: Gay Immigrant Couples and the Defense of Marriage Act

In February, President Obama declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. But the administration’s DOMA policy is still evolving, and one of the key testing grounds involves cases of same-sex immigrant couples where one of the partners faces deportation.

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Von Diaz Speaks About LGBT Homeless Youth on CUNY TV

Feet in Two Worlds’ reporter Von Diaz appeared on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources – where viewers meet the ethnic press – to discuss her reporting on LGBT homeless immigrant youth in New York.

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Gay Undocumented Immigrant Released From Rikers After Acquittal

In an unusual turn of events, Ricardo Muñiz was released after 20 months of detention at Rikers Island Prison following his acquittal, despite being placed in the Criminal Alien Program which reports undocumented immigrants to federal authorities.

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Seeking a Wider Dialogue on Queer Migrations

A recent conference at The New School focused on immigration issues in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community.

Remé Grefalda in the Library of Congress (Photo: Erwin de Leon)

Hunter for Asian American Immigrant Stories Finds A Home @ the Library of Congress

Remé Grefalda is constantly on the lookout for books, publications, documents and other ephemera that preserve the Asian immigrant experience. She is the driving force behind a new collection at the Library of Congress -the Asian-American Pacific Islander Collection

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Gay Immigrant Couple’s Future Remains Uncertain After Judge Postpones Deportation Hearing

A judge has postponed Monica Alcota’s deportation in light of President Obama’s decision to consider the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. But her case is far from settled. Feet in Two Worlds’ Von Diaz sat down with Alcota and her partner Cristina Ojeda to talk about their situation.

A transgender woman in the swimsuit competition at Miss Asia NYC, a transgender beauty pageant (Photo: Larry Tung)
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Beauty Pageant Puts Transgender Asian Immigrants in the Limelight

The Miss AsiaNYC beauty pageant aims to create awareness and establish a supportive community for transgender Asian women in New York, and to reveal just how profoundly the members of this group are on the margins of society.