Updates

In addressing global LGBTQI+ persecution and forced displacement, Rainbow Railroad relies on a large network of partners who support our mission, rather than on branded field offices which would pose a risk to our staff and the people we serve, given...

Two years after a landmark decision from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urging the Jamaican government to repeal the country’s homophobic laws, Rainbow Railroad and the Human Dignity Trust call on Jamaica to immediately comply with...

In 2023 so far, Rainbow Railroad has received 117 requests for help from Jamaica. Members of the LGBTQI+ community in Jamaica experience persistent discrimination and violence on the basis of their identities.  Earlier this year, Rainbow Railroad staff...

In the wake of our ongoing work in Afghanistan, we have some important news to share. Today, we can confirm that Rainbow Railroad will be able to facilitate the resettlement of approximately 600 LGBTQI+ Afghans in partnership with the Government...

Rainbow Railroad is announcing the launch of a new, historic partnership with the Government of Canada, allowing for more LGBTQI+ refugees to safely resettle in Canada.  On June 8, the Government of Canada announced a landmark partnership with Rainbow...

This week a new legislative assault has been launched against LGBTQI+ rights in Uganda. Although same sex intimacy has been criminalized in Uganda over the past decade, the Ugandan government has made repeated attempts to further entrench and exacerbate...

Vulnerable LGBTQI+ Afghan refugees need additional targeted and expedited resettlement pathways. We propose two policy mechanisms the government can activate to make this happen: 1. We ask the Minister of Immigration to use their authority under Section...

Rainbow Railroad Rainbow Railroad calls on the U.S. Government to expedite access for LGBTQI+ persons to refugee status determination (RSD) procedures on U.S. territory. This is a critical action which will demonstrably help LGBTQI+ asylum seekers currently...

Rainbow Railroad seeks a partnership with the Government of Canada that will allow the organization to immediately refer vulnerable LGBTQI+ individuals for resettlement in Canada. Over the last several years we have witnessed Canada’s commitment to prioritizing...

Rainbow Railroad celebrates the launch of Welcome Corps, a new U.S. government program that allows everyday Americans to privately sponsor refugees from around the world.  This program represents a major step in the Biden administration’s goal of advancing...

In this memorandum, we draw on our extensive work in Afghanistan since the end of August to provide a briefing on the security emergency facing the country’s LGBTQI+ population, outline why this emergency requires immediate intervention, and provide a...

LGBTQI+ Afghans are facing state-directed homophobic, biphobic and transphobic violence on a widespread scale to the extent that Rainbow Railroad is urging the Government of Canada take additional measures in order to avoid loss of human life and further...