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14 LGBTQ couples from the migrant caravan just got married in Mexico
By Alex Bollinger · Monday, November 19, 2018
Two men were the first members of the migrant caravan from Central America to get married this past Saturday in Tijuana.
Erick Dubon, from Honduras, and Pedro Nehemias, from Guatemala, were married after almost three years together.
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Two other gay couples, three lesbian couples, two trans woman/cis man couples, and one straight couple from the caravan also got married on Saturday in Tijuana, INTO reports.
A group of around 80 LGBTQ people was in the first part of the caravan to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. Like many of the people in the caravan, Pedro and Eric intend to apply to the U.S. for asylum.
Pedro said that he was kicked out of his home when he was 15 and was the victim of child sex trafficking. Erick decided to leave Central America after a gang attacked him and smashed four teeth out of his mouth with a rock.
“We’ve made a new life for ourselves and I need him. I wake up and he’s there. I go to bed and I can say good night,” Pedro said. “He’s made life bearable and I really cannot imagine them sending one of us back or splitting us up.”
They said they hoped that being married would make it harder for them to be separated in the U.S. if they make it across the border.
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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/14-lgbtq-couples-migrant-caravan-just-got-married-mexico/
