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Helping LGBTQI+ Refugees Escape Persecution: How the Rainbow Railroad Saves Lives

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Thursday, June 25, 2020
Rainbow railroad helps LGBTQI+ refugees escape persecution
Rainbow Railroad is helping LGBTQI+ refugees escape persecution."There are 70 countries in the world that criminalize same-sex intimacy." Kimahli Powell is the executive director of the Rainbow Railroad, an organization that helps to transport members of the LGBTQI+ community from countries where they are persecuted for just being themselves. "Some of these laws range from imprisonment to death. This is pervasive in all regions of the globe."

U.S. -- All over the world, members of the LGBTQI+ community are in danger of persecution just for being themselves. This organization aims to help them.

Rainbow Railroad is an organization that helps members of the LGBTQI+ find the means to leave their home country and travel to one where they will not be persecuted. Kimahli Powell, executive director of Rainbow Railroad, explains how the organization has helped hundreds of individuals escape to countries where they are accepted to start a new life free from fear of persecution.

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