“I went to prison for wearing a bracelet with the 2S-LGBTQIA+ flag,” says Mooner Alejjah, who arrived in Canada six months ago and now finds community at the NCC's Rainbow Connections Group.
Advocates say recent federal policy changes have made it harder for queer refugees to enter the country.
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“My family, my government, my religion, and the whole country is against me for being gay.”