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Asylum seeker not “effeminate” enough to be gay, immigration judge says

By CJ McKinney on Aug 15, 2019 09:12 am

An immigration judge has rejected an asylum seeker’s claim to be gay, saying that the man did not come across as “effeminate” enough to be credible. According to a lawyer involved in the case, the judge wrote that the man did not have a gay “demeanour” and did not “look around the room in an effeminate manner”. The judge reportedly went on to say that “on the gay scene younger men are highly valued”. Barrister Rehana Popal, who represents the unnamed asylum seeker, said that she was “utterly flabbergasted” by the judgment. [Rant 1/2] Reading a determination that I thought must be from 16 century *spoiler it’s not, it’s 2019*....

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