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Rainbow refugees increasingly look to Canada for safety


Rainbow refugees increasingly look to Canada for s... Rainbow refugees increasingly look to Canada for s...

Requests for assistance climbing as members of 2SLGBTQ+ community displaced in crackdowns around the world.

Steven Kabuye didn’t know what it was like to be gay and safe before he came to Canada. He fled from Uganda, where an Anti-Homosexuality Act is in place. In January, he was stabbed in the neck, arm and stomach just a few kilometres from his house.