WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE, PHOTOGRAPHY ELAINEA EMMOTT, MAKEUP @CEECEE-MUA ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS
Imagine for a moment you’re in a courtroom. It’s not the first time you’ve been here. All eyes are on you. “Are you a lesbian?” the judge asks, in a language that is not your mother tongue. “Yes,” you respond. “Prove it.”
Rainbow Sisters is a London-based support group for lesbians and bisexual asylum seekers who have gone through – or are facing – such an experience. Part of the charity Women For Refugee Women, having recently met six of its current members, I can tell you, its existence is crucial.