The Checkpoint is a sexual health clinic in the center of Paris specialized in LGBTQ+ healthcare. It's open to migrants with or without healthcare coverage and is accessible without appointment, Monday to Saturday.
Richie Nath is 27-year-old painter who fled Myanmar after the 2021 military coup. He is now a refugee in Paris where he continues to paint artworks criticizing the Burmese military junta's brutal repression of dissent. Rights groups and investigative media have documented Myanmar's systematic killing, enforced disappearance, torture, rape and other sexual violence against protesters since the coup and the country's continued ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas since 2012.
Migrants fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation and/or transgender identity can apply for refugee status in France. Find out more about the process.