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Jake Naughton

Dual Shadows

Cynthia and her girlfriend in bed, Nairobi, Kenya. Dual Shadows. June 2015. Cynthia, a lesbian from Burundi, is one of hundreds of LGBT refugees from East Africa that fled to Kenya seeking a respite from the violence and persecution in their home countries. Instead, they found yet more hardship. All are in the process of seeking asylum in Western countries, but it can take years to be resettled. And so they wait.
Jake Naughton

Dual Shadows

S. and J. in Nairobi, Keny. Dual Shadows. October 2015. S. and J. are gay refugees from Uganda. They are two one of hundreds of LGBT refugees from East Africa that fled to Kenya seeking a respite from the violence and persecution in their home countries. Instead, they found yet more hardship. All are in the process of seeking asylum in Western countries, but it can take years to be resettled. And so they wait.