Updates

The next Canadian government must make changes to the refugee system to provide more pathways to safety for displaced LGBTQI+ people and all displaced persons.  On September 20th, Canadians will go to the polls to choose...

Since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, LGBTQI+ people in Afghanistan have faced severe persecution, including physical assaults, sexual violence and reported unlawful killings. Rainbow Railroad has received...

On Monday May 31, Rainbow Railroad started getting wind of a new crackdown in Uganda against the LGBTQI+ community. Soon, it became clear through confidential sources and contacts of Rainbow Railroad that 44 LGBTQI+ people had been arrested under false...

As part of our work, Rainbow Railroad monitors developing situations around the globe in which LGBTQI+ people are threatened by state-sanctioned violence. In May, two of these instances made headlines: the murder of Alireza Fazeli-Monfared in Iran, who...

In roughly 70 countries around the world, LGBTQI+ people face criminalization. In our first major profile, we talk about what it means to run the Rainbow Railroad, the scope of the issues we face and how we are fighting back against the persistence of...