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Rainbow Railroad Executive Director Kimahli Powell spoke about the organization's Welcome Corps program that is in partnership with the U.S. State Department during a May 16 presentation at the San Francisco...

A global LGBTQ+ asylum charity has recorded a huge rise in LGBTQ+ people from Uganda asking for help in fleeing the country. Rainbow Railroad says the rise is “directly related” to...

Tickets are available now for the June 8th fundraising event in Toronto… This Pride Month you can celebrate with an incredible night of entertainment, all in support of a good cause....

Activists demanded Tuesday that Jamaica repeal a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex, noting that the government still has not heeded a regional rights panel’s recommendation two years ago to do so...

Rainbow Railroad, a charity that helps LGBTQ2S+ refugees find a safe home, says they are partnering with the Canadian government in order to resettle approximately 600 Afghans.

In partnership with the Canadian Government, Rainbow Railroad will resettle approximately 600 LGBTQI+ Afghans into Canada.

Rainbow Railroad, along with an LGBTQI+ Afghan, met with Minister Sean Fraser to call upon the Canadian government to bring more to safety.

Rainbow Railroad seeks further commitment from the Canadian Government to utilize their resources in identifying at-risk Afghans to relocate to safety.

A message from our Executive Director  When there are attacks on LGBTQI+ persons internationally, either through crackdowns or actions of the state, we immediately look to our partners on the...

As of May this year, there are more than 100 million people who have been forcibly displaced worldwide by persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Against the backdrop of this global...

Rainbow Railroad continues to request that the government enter a direct referral partnership to create additional targeted and expedited resettlement pathways for high-risk LGBTQI+ Afghan refugees.

Rainbow Railroad is urgently calling on the federal government to help at-risk LGBTQI+ people come to Canada from Afghanistan.