Ugandan 'lesbian' drops homosexual claim

Dan82 · Feb 21, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...6/Ugandan-lesbian-drops-homosexual-claim.html

She is the Ugandan asylum seeker who escaped deportation by claiming that she was a lesbian.

Her legal team managed to secure a last-minute delay in her removal from Britain by arguing that as a homosexual she would be at risk of persecution in her African homeland.

But now lawyers acting for the woman, who can be identified only as "BN", have submitted a new appeal on her behalf – which no longer hinges on her sexuality.

Instead, they say that because she has appeared in newspapers claiming to be gay, she would inevitably be at risk in Uganda whatever her true sexual orientation.

The change of tactic comes after a judge examined evidence in the case and concluded that BN was, in fact, heterosexual...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...6/Ugandan-lesbian-drops-homosexual-claim.html
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Zontar · Feb 21, 2011

Goes to show the dangerously far-reaching implications of homophobia.

partietraumatic · Feb 21, 2011

I pointed out that they would do this in an older thread about her. Very clever move by her lawyers. We can't deport her now, as it would clearly be unethical, whether she is homosexual or not.

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