Canada more fair to gay and transgender folk

Congressional Insider -   Government of Canada policy openly states that people facing persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics can seek refugee protection through its in-country asylum program or resettlement channels. Canada’s rules instruct its refugee board to apply specific guidance for these claims, recognizing the extra barriers people face when they do not fit social norms. That is a stark contrast with a U.S. system where backlogs and shifting rules leave many feeling the door is effectively closed...

Canadian immigration and refugee lawyers report a “noticeable increase” in transgender Americans looking for ways to leave the United States and seek refuge in Canada as political hostility rises. A peer-reviewed study of asylum migration found that Trump-era immigration policies were a major driver of people heading north, even if they do not fully explain every case. At the same time, Canada’s own data and caps show that the government’s dedicated LGBT resettlement scheme is still numerically small, suggesting a growing trickle, not yet a wave.