Immigration
Aug. 23, 2006
Panel Decides Cross-Dresser Deserves Asylum Consideration
A Mexican gay man who dressed as a woman should not have been denied political asylum in the United States just because he did not report allegations of persecution to the police in his home country, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Mexican gay man who dressed as a woman should not have been denied political asylum in the United States just because he did not report allegations of persecution to the police in his home country, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that Mexican national Fr...
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