Many parents have expressed concerns for the safety and well-being of their families. If you don’t feel staying in the US the right choice, but are not sure where to start we have begun compiling information on what you need to do to move your family abroad. And if you feel asylum is your only option, we have information on countries where LGBTQ+ families have had success.
Relocation
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Moving Abroad
There are a great number of resources about what you need to do to move abroad. We will summarize the information here, but highly recommend reading some of the great resources from gooverseas.com for great links and more detailed information.
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Asylum
If an LGBTQ individual is seeking asylum by leaving the United States, they woudl need to travel to a country where they can demonstrate a “well-founded fear of persecution” based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, meaning they would need to prove that returning to the US would put them at significant risk due to their LGBTQ status.