{"id":36142,"date":"2018-12-07T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=36142"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:17:16","slug":"cardiffians-celebrate-raise-funds-transgender-asylum-seeker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/cardiffians-celebrate-raise-funds-transgender-asylum-seeker","title":{"rendered":"Cardiffians celebrate to raise funds for transgender asylum-seeker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Refugee and LGBTQ issues merged in an event supporting a transgender man fleeing a death penalty in Saudi Arabia.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36156\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Baklava-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Baklava Saudi Trans Beats\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Baklava-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Baklava Saudi Trans Beats\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Hosts sold Middle Eastern refreshments for additional donations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardiff campaigners held a celebration on Sunday to raise money for a transgender asylum-seeker fleeing persecution and a possible death sentence in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The event at Cardiff&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gwdihw.co.uk\/\">Gwdih\u0175 Caf\u00e9 Bar<\/a> featured LGBTQ performers and sold Middle Eastern food in an effort to raise funds for a Saudi asylum-seeker trying to escape violent persecution and looking to pay for gender-affirming surgery in the UK, who chose not to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is a fundraiser for our friend, who is a trans man from Saudi Arabia,&#8221; said Abderrahim Elhabchi, a key organiser. &#8220;He came here claiming asylum, fleeing the horrors of his country, because it&#8217;s really banned and punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36145\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36145 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Audience-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Gwdihw audience Saudi Trans Beats guitar\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36145 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Audience-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Gwdihw audience Saudi Trans Beats guitar\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Attendees enjoyed the venue&#8217;s outdoor lounge and live entertainment while raising funds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Organisers publicised the event under the name Saudi Trans Beats on Facebook and Twitter and hope to continue raising money through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/sami-trans?fbclid=IwAR02GTEv8y5n73B7zBG7raSfK16ZiZrzmmlRBRguAxsL-FDthvgWGiS0JB8\">GoFundMe campaign<\/a>, which is open to the public. Attendees donated \u00a3400 on Sunday toward the current goal of \u00a36000 to cover surgery costs.<\/p>\n<p>Those familiar with the person seeking help emphasised the emotional toll of body dysphoria, surgery costs and the threat of being sent back to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has struggled with the asylum-seeking process, which is really tough at the moment,&#8221; said Ash S., a friend of the individual. &#8220;All that has added onto his transition. &#8230; It needs to happen as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Event leaders and organisers were associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlitterCymru\/\">Glitter Cymru<\/a>, a local LGBTQ support group centred on black, Asian and minority ethnic members of the community, and many members had personal connections to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am from Morocco and I am an asylum-seeker as well, as a gay man,&#8221; Mr Elhabchi said.<\/p>\n<p>Donation rounds frequently accompanied the evening&#8217;s festivities, reminding attendees of the event&#8217;s sobering focus. But despite the campaign&#8217;s seriousness, LGBTQ entertainers sought to create a safe environment for other members of the community in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Acoustic artist Amo Fox sang, &#8220;I think this is where trust lives, and this is where I feel safest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36159\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36159\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/AmoFox-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"LGBTQ Amo Fox acoustic music\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36159\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/AmoFox-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"LGBTQ Amo Fox acoustic music\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Musician Amo Fox performed original songs, often about non-binary gender identity. Photo by Ben Marriott, used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ongoing GoFundMe campaign can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/sami-trans?fbclid=IwAR02GTEv8y5n73B7zBG7raSfK16ZiZrzmmlRBRguAxsL-FDthvgWGiS0JB8\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff campaigners gathered at a local bar and caf\u00e9 in a celebratory event raising money for a serious cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":36160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[767],"coauthors":[597],"class_list":["post-36142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice","tag-refugees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiffians celebrate to raise funds for transgender asylum-seeker - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiffians celebrate to raise funds for transgender asylum-seeker - InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff campaigners gathered at a local bar and caf\u00e9 in a celebratory event raising money for a serious cause.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/cardiffians-celebrate-raise-funds-transgender-asylum-seeker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-07T15:29:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-30T13:17:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/Featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christian S. 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