I thought you might appreciate knowing about a new refugee advocacy organization with a focus on LGBTs that launched in June: ORAM -“ Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration.

ORAM’s mission is to advocate for refugees fleeing sexual or gender based violence. Only through raising consciousness of LGBT refugee issues to governments, refugee organizations, communities and the media, will help come to these individuals, who are among the most persecuted people in the world today.

We published a report last month on the treatment of LGBT refugees (many who are Iranian) living in Turkey.

Details of our work and mission appear on our website. Whether your concern is LGBT rights, refugee rights or both, we invite you to learn more about us by visiting http://www.oraminternational.org.

Regards,

Scott Piro
Communications Consultant

on behalf of
ORAM – Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration
Tel: +1 415 373-5299|Fax: + 1 415 373 9191| http://www.oraminternational.org