SAY YOU’RE A HOMOSEXUAL, GET ASYLUM: Gay Russians Seeking Asylum In The US On The Rise.

UPDATE: There is some useful commentary here. “The article does mention that lobbying efforts are underway at the US State Department to get Russian gays and lesbians designated as a refugee class which would mean we would go fetch them and bring them to the US rather than the present situation where they must get themselves here and apply for asylum. If they were refugees chosen abroad, they would get all sorts of social services right off the bat.”

Earlier: Villanova law students help one of the first gay Russians receive asylum, more on the way.