Canberra Statement – Forcibly Displaced People Network

LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people’s needs: safety, belonging and freedom from violence

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people have distinct experiences of forced displacement compared to non-LGBTIQ+ peers. The evidence of their ongoing persecution, of more severe and long-lasting victimisation and that perpetrators of violence are not only state actors but their families and communities is overwhelming.