State Sponsored Homophobia
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Nobody should have to flee their home because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Often left as untold stories
many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex (LGBTI) people face discrimination, persecution and violence
on a daily basis, and often have no choice but to flee their country to seek asylum elsewhere. Others are paralysed
by fear and suffer in silence, further compounding their vulnerability.
Rainbow Railroad is a Canadian non-profit organization that helps these lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals
escape persecution in their home countries.
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association publishes data on sexual orientation laws in the
world. This data exposes the arbitrariness of persecutory laws, and starkly indicate the absence of positive law
in most parts of the world. I plan to combine ILGA's data history with Rainbow Railroad's annual reports of refugees.
Combining these datasets over a geographical visualization could lead to insights in areas of focus for Rainbow Railroad,
allowing them to set their scope towards oppressive countries, and rescue more individuals from violence, murder,
or persecution.
Data Sources
ILGA
Various report history and adjacent studies
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Rainbow Railroad
History data upon the program
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Noted Visualizations
Visualizations include mutually exclusive refugee and LGBTQ geomappings
Example Duties: