DOUBLE DOWN on the fight for trans immigrants

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Dear Friend,
I knew I was a boy for as long as I can remember.
Growing up, I borrowed my older brother’s clothes—saggy pants and oversized shirts—and wanted to play sports and marbles like the boys in my neighborhood.
My mother tried to beat the boy out of me. I was scolded and abused by family members for being a marimacho (“dyke”). I was convinced that I was never going to be able to live as my true self. I feared I would hurt myself if I didn’t leave Mexico.
As a teen, I fled my hometown and made the dangerous 3,000-mile journey to New York where my sister lived. There I experienced a brand-new fear—that I would be deported back to Mexico and the abuse I fought so hard to escape.
But last year, with Immigration Equality on my side, I won asylum!
Friend, please donate to Immigration Equality today so they can keep transforming the lives of LGBTQ asylum seekers like me. Give now, and a generous donor will match your gift 100%! ([link removed])
Today my wife, Adriana, and six-year-old son, Darien, are the center of my universe. I can’t imagine being separated from them, and thanks to Immigration Equality, I don’t have to. [link removed]
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I’m excited to see the look in Darien’s eyes this holiday season when he opens the gift on the top of his list: a Marble Run Super Set. (He loves marbles just like I did!) I live for these amazing little moments—and if Immigration Equality didn’t have the resources to take my case, I wouldn’t get to experience them.[link removed]
I hope my story inspires you to support their life-changing work.
Please donate to Immigration Equality so they can give other LGBTQ refugees what they need: safety, security, and belonging. And remember: this month your gift will go TWICE as far. ([link removed])
If everyone pitches in, we can help meet the urgent legal needs of even more trans and queer asylum seekers!
Thank you,
Terry López
Immigration Equality client

Immigration Equality is a registered 501(c)(3) organization (EIN: 13-3802711) and a proud participant in the Combined Federal Campaign (member number 40016). All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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