
Anti-Violence Project Client Gia Has Been Granted Asylum
September 25, 2018
New York City Anti-Violence Project’s client, Gia, has been granted asylum on the basis of the harm suffered due to her transgender identity. Content note: portions of the following story might be triggering. Gia has always known she was transgender. She was born in Mexico, a country with one of the highest rates of violence against transgender women in the world. A few years after she came out, Gia experienced severe violence by classma[...]