Transgender Immigrant Fears for Her Life If Deported
MundoHispánico, News Report, Johanes Rosello, Translated by Elena Shore, Posted: Nov 02, 2012
http://newamericamedia.org/2012/11/transgender-immigrant-fears-for-her-life-if-deported.phpATLANTA -- A Honduran who immigrated to the United States illegally seven years ago to escape harassment related to her sexual orientation and gender identity, now fears that she may have to go back to a country that has become even less safe.
But she has one hope: that she will be able to stay through a grant of asylum.
Nelson Castro, who now calls herself Marisela, is currently in immigration detention in Gainesville, Ala. where she is facing a deportation order.
During her childhood and adolescence in her native town of Juticalpa, Castro suffered physical and sexual abuse. She also had to tolerate constant bullying.
Her family, for example, does not accept her sexual preference, her chosen name or the fact that she occasionally dresses as a woman.
