Canada’s new asylum law leaves 2SLGBTQ+ claimants fearing deportation

A woman speaks into a microphone with two men in suits standing behind her on either side and a Canadian flag.

Ahmed came to Canada as an international student planning to return home — until falling in love with another man forced him to confront the dangers he says he faces in Pakistan. Now, a new federal asylum law could make his refugee claim ineligible before he even got a hearing.