This is a petition to grant asylum in Australia to LGBTQ+ nationals of the United States. I'm queer and trans, so I made sure to scrutinise it more strictly than I would have if it concerned a group I wasn't in. Having done that: if you are Australian, you need to sign this petition. - ThreadSky

epistemophagy.bsky.social • 1 day ago

This is a petition to grant asylum in Australia to LGBTQ+ nationals of the United States. I'm queer and trans, so I made sure to scrutinise it more strictly than I would have if it concerned a group I wasn't in. Having done that: if you are Australian, you need to sign this petition.

Reposted from LoZza

I recommend that fellow Aussies sign this petition regarding the asylum of LGBT people from the US
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

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djackmanson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Signed

1over10ducks.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I'm so glad this is getting attention from bigger accounts than mine

maticevska.gay•13 hours ago

Will sign. Cheers, mate 👍

mizzkararose.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Will this also protect us from your freaky ass spiders?

raevk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Signed!

nekomimimia.bsky.social•1 day ago

signed

tri-lilith.tgirl.gay•1 day ago

signed!

gigawattvertigo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Signed 👍

voxexsinister.bsky.social•1 day ago

Signed & shared.

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will it do much? I have no fucking idea. But I reviewed the relevant parts of the Migration Act and, from my news analysis work, I know that the current situation in the US is more than dire enough to warrant granting United States citizens asylum in Australia under the law. We have to try.

wyrdwulf-online.bsky.social•1 day ago

Whether it leads to anything or not the way you fight for us is appreciated <3

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

In particular:

s 5H(1)(a) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) provides that a foreign national may qualify for refugee status in Australia if they have a "well-founded fear of persecution" in their country of origin.

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

It provides that a person has a "well-founded fear of persecution" if they fear "being persecuted for reasons of," among other things, "membership of a ... social group"; "there is a real chance" of their persecution; and the real chance of persecution relates to "all areas" of the country.

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

s 5J(4) provides that the reason the person is being persecuted (in this case, being queer or trans) must be the "essential or significant reason ... for the persecution", must involve "serious harm", and must involve "serious and discriminatory conduct".

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

s 5J(3) provides that a person does not have a well-founded fear if they can "take reasonable steps" to behave differently to avoid persecution, but explicitly says that "alter[ing]" or "conceal[ing]" one's "gender identity, sexual orientation, or intersex status" is not a "reasonable step".

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

s 5J(5) provides that "serious harm" includes "a threat to the person's life or liberty", "significant physical harassment", "significant physical ill-treatment", "significant economic hardship", "denial of access to basic services" (not specified), or "denial of capacity to earn a livelihood".

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