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# LGBT charity launches campaign to save its Patron from deportation
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbt-charity-launches-campaign-to-save-its-patron-from-deportation/
- Published: 2015-03-23T14:39:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-23T14:39:02.000Z
- Description: LGBT organisation Proud2Be Project has launched a new campaign in support of its Patron, Aderonke Apata, who is currently under threat of forceful deportation back to Nigeria, a country where LGBT people are politically persecuted, imprisoned and murdered. During a recent judicial review, a barriste
- Author: Paul Gustafson
- Tags: News, Proud2Be

## LGBT organisation Proud2Be Project has launched a new campaign in support of its Patron, Aderonke Apata, who is currently under threat of forceful deportation back to Nigeria, a country where LGBT people are politically persecuted, imprisoned and murdered.

[![Aderonke Apata](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/web-600117.jpg)](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/gscene-com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/web-600117.jpg)

Aderonke Apata

**DURING a recent judicial review,** a barrister acting on behalf of the Home Office questioned whether Aderonke could claim asylum on the grounds of being a lesbian when she has children.

Aderonke’s barrister, **Abid Mahmood**, responded that these were *“highly offensive… stereotypical views of the past”.*

**He continued:** *“Some members of the public may have those views but it doesn’t mean a government department should be putting these views forward in evidence”.*

Now Proud2Be’s WEAREHERE campaign has been launched to support Aderonke by highlighting to government and the general public that many LGBT people are parents, carers and guardians too.

**Proud2Be co-founder Mat said:** *“We are very proud to know Aderonke. She has shown so much support to Proud2Be and we are honoured to call her a friend. This is our way of demonstrating our solidarity with her and those like her who are seeking asylum in the UK on the grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. We are inviting all LGBT people to send in photos of them with their children or alternatively, pictures of their family drawn by their children.”*

Identical twin brothers Mat and Jon Price founded Proud2Be nearly four years ago in their mum’s spare room, when they recorded a short video explaining why they are both proud to be gay. Since then a number of high profile LGBT figures, including **Stephen Fry**, have contributed to what has now become an international campaign.

To join the WEARHERE campaign, email your photos or pictures to[ info@proud2beproject.org](mailto:info@proud2beproject.org) or share them via Twitter using the hashtag #WEAREHERE.

**For more information about the campaign [click here:](http://www.weareherecampaign.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

**For more information about Proud2Be, [click here:](http://www.proud2beproject.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**