A refugee has said they get complimented in Liverpool for the same thing which caused them to be attacked in their home country.
Arthur Britney Joestar, who lives in Aigburth, became the first person in the UK to be granted refugee status on the basis of being non-binary, in a landmark ruling. At the time, in 2020, immigration judges said the artist would face persecution for their identity, including sexual violence, if they returned to El Salvador in Central America.
Being discriminated against for their gender identity is nothing new for the 31-year-old. They claimed one day when they were walking home from university in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, they were attacked for their then-shoulder-length, blonde hair. During the five-minute beating, Arthur Britney was told they would be taught “how to be a man”.
