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Australia

• Neil Pharaoh, Managing Director of GiveOUT

Belgium

• Pascal Smet, former Commissioner General for refugees and stateless people

Canada

• Michael Battista, lawyer
• Morton Beiser, academic
• Andre Boisclair, former Minister of Immigration
• Andre Boulerice, former Immigration Minister
• Tatiana Ferguson, activist
• El-Farouk Khaki, Lawyer
• Arsham Parsi, founder and head of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees
• Kimahli Powell, Executive Director, Rainbow Railroad
• Paul Wong, multi-media artist

Egypt

• Suma Abdelsamie, transgender founder of LGBTQ Refugees Welcome

France

• Claudie Lesselier, activist

Great Britain

• S Chelvan, barrister
• Ian Duncan, Deputy Speaker, House of Lords
• Nancy Kelley, Chief Executive Officer of Stonewall UK
• Sebastian Rocca, founder, Micro Rainbow International

Jamaica

• Maurice Tomlinson, lawyer

Nigeria

• Richard Akuson, activist and lawyer
• Aderonke Apata, activist

Philippines

• Jose Antonio Vargas, journalist

Spain

• Jesus Vasquez, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees

Sweden

• Tobias Billstrom, former Minister for Migration Policy and Asylum Policy.

Syria

• Subhi Nahas, activist with ORAM - Organization for Refugee, Asylum, and Migration

The Netherlands

• Wim van de Camp, politician

Uganda

• Abbey Kiwanuka, Chief Executive, Out and Proud Diamond Group

United States

• Rane Ramon Arroyo, writer
• Joe Bertolino, academic
• Eliane Fersan, consulting
• Jennicet Gutierrez, activist
• Matt McTighe, activist
• Tony Navarrete, politician
• Trina Olsen, Immigration Equality
• Eleanor Roosevelt, activist
• Chase Strangio, lawyer
• Rachel B. Tiven, immigration activist
• Carmen Vazquez, former Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

See Also

• Community Experts on LGBTQ Housing and Ageing Issues

Further Reading/Research

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