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Rylan Cavell chats to Aderonke Apata and Sye Watts about activism, seeking asylum and much more on That’s Pride tv show!

A slice of the That's Pride show where we chatted to Aderonke Apata

Rylan, Sye, Kate and Stevie also host That’s Pride teleshow on That’s Manchester. Here is a part of a show where we chat to Aderonke Apata.

Aderonke fled violence in Nigeria 10 years ago and applied for asylum in the UK. But in her latest hearing last week, a Home Office barrister argued that she couldn’t be a lesbian because “Lesbians only have short hair. And they don’t have children.” Can you believe that they're saying that because she used to have long hair and has children she can’t possibly be a “real” lesbian? The Home Office is replacing real justice with ignorant clichés. They could decide Aderonke’s fate at any moment: so there is a critical window to speak out before Aderonke is sent back to Nigeria where she could be killed or jailed. https://go.allout.org/en/a/aderonke_hearing/

Aderonke fled violence in Nigeria 10 years ago and applied for asylum in the UK. But in her latest hearing last week, a Home Office barrister argued that she couldn’t be a lesbian because “Lesbians only have short hair. And they don’t have children.” Can you believe that they’re saying that because she used to have long hair and has children she can’t possibly be a “real” lesbian? The Home Office is replacing real justice with ignorant clichés. They could decide Aderonke’s fate at any moment: so there is a critical window to speak out before Aderonke is sent back to Nigeria where she could be killed or jailed. https://go.allout.org/en/a/aderonke_hearing/