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Colorado transgender "woman's" -MAN- REFUGEE status in Canada is overturned after "she" -IT- claimed "she" -IT- suffered persecution because of "her" -ITS- gender identity in the United States
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Transgender woman Daria Bloodworth briefly gained refugee status in
Canada arguing gun culture and rising transphobia put her at risk
in America
Canada's Federal Court has now overturned that decision arguing that
no gap in Colorado's protection laws was identified
Bloodworth plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of Appeal
Canada's Federal Court has overturned a Colorado woman's refugee
status after she claimed asylum from the US based on her gender
identity.
Transgender woman Daria Bloodworth gained refugee status in Canada
after successfully arguing that a combination of gun culture and
rising transphobia put her at risk in America, CBC News reported.
Bloodworth, 36, told the the Refugee Appeal Division in 2019 that
she had been stalked by her college roommate who she alleged had
threatened her with a gun.
Bloodworth, who is now studying biological sciences at Yukon
University, claimed she was the target of threats and violence from
her former landlord and a debt collection agency, according to court
documents,
In October 2022, the court determined that Colorado authorities were
incapable of protecting her and that her safety couldn't be
guaranteed elsewhere in the US.
Bloodworth plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of
Appeal.
'It was made pretty clear from the get go that this was going to be
an uphill battle, winning this thing, or even staying in Canada a
little bit longer and not get murdered in the US,' Bloodworth told
CBC.
'I honestly feel like this is home. I'm not going to say Canada's
perfect, but at least since I've moved here, I haven't been
threatened with a gun or threatened with a knife.
'I haven't been discriminated against because I'm transgender,' she
said.
Bloodworth's criminal complaint against her Colorado State
University roommate initially resulted in him being charged with
menacing.
Bloodworth was also granted a protection order.
However, the case was dismissed a few months later, and a judge
decided not to keep the protection order in place.
Bloodworth claimed the ex-roommate continued to stalk her, and said
police did not respond to her calls for action.
'Colorado's open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of
anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually
vulnerable and at risk to her life,' Judge Mohan wrote when granting
Bloodworth refugee status on 2022.
'I further find that [she] does not have an [internal flight
alternative] in the U.S. because relocation for a person with her
profile, in her circumstances, would be unreasonable,' Mohanadded.
'It is unusual for cases from the United States to be approved as
refugee cases in Canada,' Vancouver immigration lawyer Zool Suleman,
who is not involved in the case, told CBC.
'Generally speaking, the U.S. is not seen a refugee-producing
country.
'In this specific case, clearly the federal court felt that further
thought needed to be placed upon the kinds of protections available
to the claimant. And we would need to keep an eye on it to see if it
is turning into an area of growing persecution claims from the
United States,' he explained.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/colorado-transgender-woman-s-
refugee-status-in-canada-is-overturned-after-she-claimed-she-
suffered-persecution-because-of-her-gender-identity-in-the-united-
states/ar-BB1hSVRh
Canada arguing gun culture and rising transphobia put her at risk
in America
Canada's Federal Court has now overturned that decision arguing that
no gap in Colorado's protection laws was identified
Bloodworth plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of Appeal
Canada's Federal Court has overturned a Colorado woman's refugee
status after she claimed asylum from the US based on her gender
identity.
Transgender woman Daria Bloodworth gained refugee status in Canada
after successfully arguing that a combination of gun culture and
rising transphobia put her at risk in America, CBC News reported.
Bloodworth, 36, told the the Refugee Appeal Division in 2019 that
she had been stalked by her college roommate who she alleged had
threatened her with a gun.
Bloodworth, who is now studying biological sciences at Yukon
University, claimed she was the target of threats and violence from
her former landlord and a debt collection agency, according to court
documents,
In October 2022, the court determined that Colorado authorities were
incapable of protecting her and that her safety couldn't be
guaranteed elsewhere in the US.
Bloodworth plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of
Appeal.
'It was made pretty clear from the get go that this was going to be
an uphill battle, winning this thing, or even staying in Canada a
little bit longer and not get murdered in the US,' Bloodworth told
CBC.
'I honestly feel like this is home. I'm not going to say Canada's
perfect, but at least since I've moved here, I haven't been
threatened with a gun or threatened with a knife.
'I haven't been discriminated against because I'm transgender,' she
said.
Bloodworth's criminal complaint against her Colorado State
University roommate initially resulted in him being charged with
menacing.
Bloodworth was also granted a protection order.
However, the case was dismissed a few months later, and a judge
decided not to keep the protection order in place.
Bloodworth claimed the ex-roommate continued to stalk her, and said
police did not respond to her calls for action.
'Colorado's open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of
anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually
vulnerable and at risk to her life,' Judge Mohan wrote when granting
Bloodworth refugee status on 2022.
'I further find that [she] does not have an [internal flight
alternative] in the U.S. because relocation for a person with her
profile, in her circumstances, would be unreasonable,' Mohanadded.
'It is unusual for cases from the United States to be approved as
refugee cases in Canada,' Vancouver immigration lawyer Zool Suleman,
who is not involved in the case, told CBC.
'Generally speaking, the U.S. is not seen a refugee-producing
country.
'In this specific case, clearly the federal court felt that further
thought needed to be placed upon the kinds of protections available
to the claimant. And we would need to keep an eye on it to see if it
is turning into an area of growing persecution claims from the
United States,' he explained.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/colorado-transgender-woman-s-
refugee-status-in-canada-is-overturned-after-she-claimed-she-
suffered-persecution-because-of-her-gender-identity-in-the-united-
states/ar-BB1hSVRh
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