• @grue
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    Man, fuck that judge!

    (Read it once as an expression of derision, then again as literal advice.)

  • @[email protected]
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    35 hours ago

    I’m not saying he should have to, but is there a reason he can’t just submit, “video evidence”

    • @Maalus
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      Was there ever a hetero person seeking asylum that had to give their sex tape to a shitty official?

  • @Spiralvortexisalie
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    46 hours ago

    I don’t know anything about situation but damn they really found the umm most flamboyants pictures of him.

    • @[email protected]
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      The question is whether this is all there is.

      He originally applied for a student visa. If a judge takes this at face value and is approved, every asylum seeker will take a picture with rainbows to get approved. The judge did comment on posturing and I think is just asking “have you ever been in a same sex relationship?”. It could be that there is zero evidence of a relationship.

      Being gay isn’t wearing rainbows, it’s being attracted to someone of the same sex.

      Asylum cases are a little more challeng and do need more proof than other situations.

      • tabris
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        52 hours ago

        He’s worked for an lgbtqia+ charity for asylum seekers. At this point, I don’t care if he is gay, he deserves to be accepted on merit.

      • @[email protected]
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        If you come from a country where homosexuals have to fear for their life, taking and publishing pictures like that puts you in mortal danger if your asylum claim is denied.
        I’d say after providing these photos, it almost doesn’t matter whether you’re really gay.

  • Flax
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    -294 hours ago

    I mean… The judge is probably right, knowing these people 😂

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      93 hours ago

      Gay people? Yeah, they’re all pretending. Gobbling dicks just to own the libs.

      • Flax
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        -123 hours ago

        A lot of these “asylum seekers” are actually just trying to game the system. Doesn’t help that you need a £40k job to work in the UK, but still

        • Echo Dot
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          83 hours ago

          Instead of repeating the enormous gas bag that is Nigel Garage, perhaps you would actually like to provide some evidence that that is the case.

          • @Jackthelad
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            115 minutes ago

            Given that there are asylum seekers who pretend to convert to another religion to try and get asylum, is it really that much a stretch to suggest that some others will try to game the system in another way?

            I know this is Lemmy and we’re all supposed to pretend that every asylum seeker is a good and honest person, but that’s not how reality works.

            • @BrokenGlepnir
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              This is just a circle. “The judge is probably right, because he’s probably right”. Using this case as evidence that this case is something that happens frequently, inspite of the judge not using evidence, but his gut. Evidence he was faking would be a video of him kissing a woman at a football game. Not, he hasn’t documented his gayness enough, but also he has to show shame over it at the same time. Too much shame? Somehow evidence he’s not gay, like in this case. To little shame? According to this article it is used to prove they aren’t because real gay people need shame. The evidence is never “hey look, he’s having sex with women, and refusing all these perfectly good men”.