‘This LGBT+ History Month, let’s demand an end to LGBTQI+ detention in the UK’
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A trans man from Brazil recently contacted us at Rainbow Migration for support. He told us that he had been locked up in immigration detention, with no idea of when he would be set free.
He also said that he had been kept isolated in the psychiatric ward of the centre for weeks and that that was “destroying his mental health”. He had panic and anxiety attacks.
After repeatedly asking for mental health support, he got to see a doctor who treated him “like rubbish” and told him he couldn’t do anything for him.
Another gay man who contacted us from detention a few months ago said he had to hide his sexual orientation to stay safe, but was still worried because he feared he’d be targeted because of
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