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PRESS SPOTLIGHT

Fast Company: “World Changing Ideas Awards 2020: Apps Finalists and Honorable Mentions.” April 28, 2020.

Teen Vogue: “LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Layered Marginalization, So These Four Organizations Are Here to Help.” September 5, 2019.

Forbes.com: “Katie Sgarro’s AsylumConnect Helps LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Access Safe Services.” August 14, 2019.

Clinton Foundation’s “Why Am I Telling You This?” Podcast: “Stonewall 50: Pride, Progress, and the Future Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights.” June 27, 2019.

NowThis: “AsylumConnect Helps LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Find Resources in the U.S.” (Video). June 20, 2019.

PRESS INQUIRIES

We’re passionate about working with journalists to spread awareness about LGBTQ+ asylum and how technology can help persecuted LGBTQ+ people find safety. If you’re a member of the media and would like to talk, please get in touch: press@asylumconnect.org

PRESS RELEASES

AsylumConnect Launches First Tech Resource Platform For LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in Mexico, October 28, 2020.
AsylumConnect Selected As Finalist In Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards, April 28, 2020.
AsylumConnect Launches First Ever Mobile App For LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, November 5, 2019.
AsylumConnect Scales First Ever App for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers to Canada, April 30, 2019.
This App Extends a Lifeline to LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, March 20, 2019.
AsylumConnect Chosen for Urban Justice Center’s 2019 Social Justice Accelerator, March 18, 2019.
AsylumConnect Offers Resources for LGBTQ People Traveling through Mexico to Seek Asylum in the U.S., March 13, 2019.
AsylumConnect’s Co-Founder & President Selected as 2019 Roddenberry Fellow, $50K Grant, January 8, 2019.
AsylumConnect Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Support LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, December 11, 2018.
Co-Founder Named to Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Honor Roll, October 13, 2017.
AsylumConnect and One Degree Join Forces to Take First Online Resource Database for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Nationwide, September 29, 2017.

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PRESS COVERAGE

2020

NBC OUT, “Trump proposals threaten LGBTQ asylum-seekers’ hopes of refuge in U.S.,” August 20, 2020.
The American Prospect, “The Public Comment Battle to Save American Asylum,” July 15, 2020.
Forbes.com, “Trump’s New Asylum Regulations Could Have Devastating Effects For LGBTQ People. The Leaders Of AsylumConnect Explain Why.” July 12, 2020.
By the Bi, “213 – Pride” (Podcast). June 24, 2020.
GayTalk 2.0, “Episode 220 – AsylumConnect with Guest Katie Sgarro!” (Podcast). June 22, 2020.
Between The Lines, “AsylumConnect Helps LGBTQ Refugees Find Support Across U.S., Co-Hosts June 20 Virtual Pride.” June 20, 2020.
The Hill, “This World Refugee Day and Pride month we need to save LGBTQ asylum” (Op-ed). June 19, 2020.
Cosmopolitan, “25 Virtual Pride 2020 Events to Attend While Social Distancing.” June 18, 2020.
Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, “OutLaws: Exposing the global human trafficking of LGBTQ youth” (Op-ed). June 18, 2020.
Brooklyn Based, “How to celebrate Pride in quarantine.” June 11, 2020.
Byrdie, “13 Pride Products That Actually Support the LGBTQ+ Community.” June 8, 2020.
Oprah Magazine, “Here’s How You Can Celebrate Pride Virtually.” May 29, 2020.
Fast Company, “World Changing Ideas Awards 2020: Apps Finalists and Honorable Mentions.” April 28, 2020.
Northern California Public Media, “COVID-19: Resources for the Undocumented and Uninsured.” April 7, 2020.
The Washington Post’s WP BrandStudio (LinkedIn), “Q&A: Katie Sgarro, AsylumConnect.” February 19, 2020.

2019

The Bay Area Reporter, “Highs and lows marked global LGBT news in 2019.” December 30, 2019.
Forbes, “2020 30 Under 30 Law & Policy.” December 3, 2019.
Go Magazine: “This New App For LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Is A Game-Changer.” November 7, 2019.
Teen Vogue: “LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Layered Marginalization, So These Four Organizations Are Here to Help.” September 5, 2019.
Forbes.com, “Katie Sgarro’s AsylumConnect Helps LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Access Safe Services.” August 14, 2019.
The Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, “Leveraging Legal Technology to Improve Access to Justice.” July 29, 2019.
Conde Naste’s Them., “Five Key Moments in Queer Activism, from Stonewall to Today.” July 3, 2019.
Clinton Foundation’s “Why Am I Telling You This?” Podcast, “Stonewall 50: Pride, Progress, and the Future Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights.” June 27, 2019.
DCist, “12 Things To Do Around D.C. This Week.” June 24, 2019.
NowThis, “AsylumConnect Helps LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Find Resources in the U.S.” (Video). June 20, 2019.
Philadelphia Gay News, “Resource for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Launches in Canada and Mexico.” May 9, 2019.
The Bay Area Reporter, “LGBTs visit US-Mexico border, meet asylum seekers.” May 1, 2019.
The Asylumist Blog, “The Double Marginalization of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers” (Op-ed). April 24, 2019.
Profiles in Pride Blog, “Katie Sgarro: On Creating a Resource for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers.” April 4, 2019.
The Advocate, “LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Cannot Wait Safely in Mexico” (Op-ed). January 4, 2019.

2018

The Advocate, “We Must Fight Trump’s Asylum Attacks With Everything We Have” (Op-ed). November 12, 2018.
The Hill, “LGBTQ Central Americans need asylum and America needs them” (Op-ed). October 28, 2018.
Gay Star News, “LGBTI domestic abuse: Here’s a global list of where you can go to get help.” September 17, 2018.
The Daily Beast, “The Malaysian Gay Man Fighting For His Life, and Many Other LGBT Asylum Seekers.” August 1, 2018.
The Independent Sector Blog, “A Community of Connections for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers.” July 26, 2018.
The Advocate, “Trump Policies Will Send LGBT Asylum Seekers To Their Deaths” (Op-ed). July 9, 2018.
Mogul, “#MyDream is to create the first online resource catalog for LGBTQ asylum seekers” (Op-ed). June 6, 2018.

2017

Mogul, “#IAmAMogul because I know that everyone deserves the safety to live authentically” (Op-ed). December 21, 2017.
Medium (The Clinton Foundation), “The Honor Roll: A young leader provides a lifeline for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.” December 8, 2017.
The Bay Area Reporter ,”Online LGBT asylum resource launches in SF.” November 30, 2017.
The Hard Refresh Blog by Skillcrush, “7 Tech Organizations Worth Donating to This Holiday Season.” November 22, 2017.
Big Think, “The Clinton Global Initiative Empowers New Leaders to Solve Global Challenges.” October 13, 2017.
The HuffPost, “No More Time: Campaign Launches To Fund Lifesaving Resource For LGBTQ Asylum Seekers.” October 9, 2017.
HealthCare.com, “The 5 Gayest Healthcare Startups Right Now.” June 15, 2017.
The HuffPost, “Together We Can Be Heard: A Video For President Trump.” April 7, 2017.
Philadelphia Gay News, “Philly-Born Database Enhanced for LGBT Asylum-Seekers.” March 9, 2017.
The HuffPost, “Revised Executive Order on Immigration: Continues to Risk the Lives of Refugees and Asylum Seekers” (Op-ed). March 6, 2017.
The HuffPost, “Many Refugees Don’t Have Months” (Op-ed). January 31, 2017.

2016

University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Entrepreneurship Blog, “AsylumConnect: Lose a Prize, Win a Startup” (Op-ed). September 23, 2016.
The HuffPost, “Voices: United We Speak (An AsylumConnect Project).” August 25, 2016.
The Seattle Lesbian, “AsylumConnect Releases New Resource Catalog for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers in Seattle.” February 12, 2016.

2015

Forbes.com, “What Moves A Millennial: My Year Of Inspiration 2015.” November 2, 2015.
Forbes.com, “Under 30: How Will You Change The World “ (Video). November 2, 2015.
Accelerate.lgbt Blog, “Interview with Katie Sgarro.” October 30, 2015.
Philadelphia Gay News, “Safe and Sound: Organization to Help LGBT Asylum Seekers Started in Philly.” October 8, 2015.
The Seattle Globalist, “Helping LGBTQ asylum-seekers and immigrants destined for Seattle.” September 28, 2015.
The Seattle Times, “Local outreach project hopes to help LGBTQ immigrants, asylum-seekers.” September 24, 2015.
Philadelphia Magazine, “Penn Alumni Establish First Ever Online Resource for LGBT Asylum Seekers.” September 10, 2015.
Elite Daily, “Why I’ve Made It My Goal To Convince The World Of LGBTQ Humanity” (Op-ed). August 26, 2015.
Out Magazine, “UPenn Grad Seeks to Become First Openly Gay Man in Space.” August 21, 2015.
The HuffPost, ““AsylumConnect: Two Seniors’ Quest to Create Lifesaving Online Informational Resources for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers” (Op-ed). May 11, 2015.
The Daily Pennsylvanian, “Penn senior loses grant, gains life-changing project” (Op-ed). April 29, 2015.

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