LGBT+ Immigration

This act was amended to explicitly deny LGBT+ people entry into the United States. Previously "psychopathic personality" was thought to include people of the LGBT+ community, but was amended to include "sexual deviants" as people who would be denied entry.
(https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/reports/2018/01/24/445308/serving-lgbtq-immigrants-building-welcoming-communities/)

AIDS was added to the list of infectious diseases that immigrants are required to be tested for. It was initially proposed by President Reagan and brought to the senate by North Carolina Senator Helms.
(https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/03/us/senate-votes-to-require-test-of-aliens-for-aids-virus.html)

Lavi Soloway & Noemi Masliah founded the organization in New York City to provide free legal services to LGBT+ people seeking asylum. They also advocate for policy reform in government for these immigrants.
(https://www.immigrationequality.org)

The US attorney general issued an order stating that people could apply for political asylum for being persecuted based on their sexual identity. This strengthened the 1986 case where a Cuban man sought political asylum for his orientation and was allowed to remain in the United States.
(https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/17/us/ruling-backs-homosexuals-on-asylum.html)

The task force was created in Massachusetts to assist LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the United States. They provide housing as well as financial support.
(http://www.lgbtasylum.org/about-us.html)

The Bush administration began the process of overturning this law and it was completed by the Obama administration. The law was thought to foster fear around those with AIDS and create misinformation about the spread of it.
(https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/30/obama.hiv.aids/)

This act amends the Immigration and Nationality act to recognize same sex partners by adding the phrase "permanent partner" next to spouse. This would allow the same sex partner to legally immigrate to the United States.
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/519/text)

The Rainbow 17, a group of Central American LGBT+ refugees arrived at the United States border to seek asylum. They were placed in custody and later only 12 of them were allowed in to the country.
(https://nacla.org/news/2018/12/20/la-caravana-de-la-resistencia)