Asylum, Immigration, Migration, Refugees

2012 The headline suffix indicates Country (Province, State or region)
October 2012 California Enacts Landmark Legislation Giving Same Sex Parents Via Surrogacy Equal Parenting Rights US (CA) 17 OCT • Legislation: Assembly Bill No. 1217 Gay asylum seeker loses deportation fight UK 15 OCT Obama administration issues written deportation guidelines US (DC) 09 OCT • Memorandum: Applicability of Prosecutorial Discretion Memoranda to Certain Family Relationships 131.76kb, 05 OCT 12 Gay Illegal Immigrant Denied Protection in US US (CO) 05 OCT • Opinion: Neri-Garcia v. Holder No. 11-9566 36.64kb, 03 OCT 12	November 2012 Ministry of Internal Affairs validates same sex partnerships IT 14 NOV • Ministero dell'Interno: Union between persons of the same sex. Residence permit pursuant to Legislative Decree 30/2007 (in Italian) 409.08kb, 26 OCT 12	December 2012 Trans/intersex passports policy becomes official NZ 05 DEC • Passports NZ: Information about Changing Sex / Gender Identity
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July 2012 France overturns decision to deport Senegal gay man FR 28 JUL France to deport gay asylum seeker from Senegal FR 25 JUL Colombian transexual denied asylum in Spain ES 20 JUL Gay refugee rejection unreasonable, court rules CA 17 JUL The Netherlands opens its doors to LGBT Iraqis NL 14 JUL	August 2012 Obama Administration Will Consider Gay Couples' Marriages In Deportation Decisions US (DC) 02 AUG	September 2012 Immigration Agents Will Consider Same-Sex Partnerships in Deportation Cases US (DC) 28 SEP • Napolitano letter to US House of Representatives A12-0058 51.69kb, 27 SEP 12 Denmark to reconsider transgender refugee DK 20 SEP
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April 2012 Victory for transgender immigration documents and marriage benefits US (DC) 14 APR	May 2012	June 2012 German judge tells lesbian refugee: go back to the closet in Iran DE 30 JUN
January 2012 UK court rules on asylum for Zimbabwe homosexuals UK 30 JAN Gay Kosovan couple denied asylum in Slovenia SI 12 JAN	February 2012 Transgender Marriage Based Immigration US (FED) 24 FEB DENIED: Obama Admin Immigration Decision Puts Couples in Limbo US (DC) 23 FEB	March 2012 Gay Uruguayan man receives permit to live in Italy with partner IT 26 MAR Gay, married immigrant spared from deportation US (TX) 09 MAR
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