Aderonke Apata

Swan Red · March 23, 2015

Yeah I posted this elsewhere but it's pretty ridiculous

Woman can't be a lesbian because she has children

Aderonke Apata has been refused asylum and is waiting for her final(?) appeal to be heard before being deported.

The government barrister has argued that;

Ms Apata was “not part of the social group known as lesbians” but had “indulged in same-sex activity”. He continued: “You can’t be a heterosexual one day and a lesbian the next day. Just as you can’t change your race."

There's seems at least 3 clear objections to this; Sexual preferences are not binary, there is a clear motivation for LGBTQ people to conform when they are at risk when they don't (which seems everywhere but I can understand greater pressures in Nigeria) and that by deporting her whether they consider her at risk or not as a self identifying lesbian she is subject to criminal charges in Nigeria.

As a bonus would the barrister for the home office have drawn an equivalence to race if she wasn't black?

This from a government that presents as progressive on LGBTQ issues.

Kvarme Ate My Food · March 23, 2015

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