Osama* ran away from a Middle Eastern country where he escaped an honor killing and faced housing and employment discrimination in order to 'have a life.' They are all gay men. Reza* and Ali* are both from Iran, where LGBT people and their families suffer widespread abuse and discrimination, and where homosexual acts are punishable by the death penalty.
Ishalaa Ortega fled Mexico in 2013 shortly after receiving death threats from a political party and a decade after surviving a hammer attack that nearly killed her.
