Uncharted territory: choosing an effective approach in transgender-based asylum claims.

From: Fordham Urban Law Journal | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

PRELUDE

A client steps into your office to discuss an immigration matter. The client, Geovanni, appears to be an effeminate gay man, but Geovanni tells you that she is transgender and considers herself to be female. (1) As a result of her transgender identity, she has endured tremendous mistreatment in her country, beginning with physical and verbal abuse in school that escalated in frequency and violence as she got older. Geovanni was harassed and forced to pay bribes to the local police on many occasions. Eventually, a police officer took Geovanni into custody, brought her ...

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