The secret mission to save LGBT Afghans

"Everyone was desperately trying to find any way to get out of Afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive," the former youth worker says.

After finding out more information online, he got in touch and was given a place on an evacuation flight. It was here that he started to realise there were others like him. Despite that, the UK government was the first in the world to offer an evacuation programme specifically for LGBT+ people. This came after meeting with charities such as Stonewall, who were being inundated with requests for help.

When they arrived here, Covid restrictions meant they were housed in quarantine hotels, but were eventually allowed to meet some of the team responsible for saving their lives. Sebastian Rocca, Micro Rainbow's founder and CEO, said while moving to the UK is a "step forward", LGBT+ refugees are facing culture shock and continued distress.

Ahmed tries to get out of his room as often as he can, by going to college to learn English and heading to the local job centre - he's trying to find work in order to pay for his own flat.

Not gonna lose any sleep over it.

Isn't it grand that the Taliban and the GOP have something in common...

LOL

Ah yes I'm sure the fate of Gay and transgender Afghanis is on everyone's minds as they try to make ends meet while hoping and praying that our sh*tty virtue signaling nonsensical governments don't set off global famines, a recession and WW3 to save a Ukrainian puppet regime

Are they the translators then.

Man or Woman in the picture?

How many afghans does the west need 🤷🏻

We literally were calling the Taliban our allies three years ago. The BBC should come with a propaganda warning.

It's inconceivable that humanity fears the sexuality of another human being fare more than nuclear war.

The same LGBTQ who are spreading monkey pox by letting man mate with man. Didn't need to save them.

Any word on the translators who actually helped us and who we owe a debt to?

Forgive me, but I thought that all illegals from the Middle East and Africa were claiming to be non-heterosexual.

You are forgetting all the other acronyms. You are forgetting all the other acronyms.

The secret that gets posted on Twitter

Aw geez if only we didn't abandon everyone who helped us there and left behind a military arsenal for the terrorist government to take hold of and use to oppress people

Its not a secret know good old BBC

Why do they get special treatment? They should stay in Afghanistan and fight the Taliban. Many women suffer under Taliban rule yet they are not being granted special missions.

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