Jorge Sota Veja, 38, was granted asylum in the US after proving that he would be in danger if deported to Mexico. Judge Judge D. Taylor, from California, declared in his ruling that gay people should not be forced to act in ways that hide their sexuality in order to avoid persecution. Jorge's case became famous in the USA when the same judge Taylor denied the asylum request saying that Jorge did not appear to be gay and could hide his condition to be safe. For the director of the American Lambda Legal Group, Jon W. Davidson, this justification is not at all reasonable. “Judges don't deny asylum to someone based on their political beliefs by saying 'if you just didn't tell other people what you believe, you'd be fine,'” he argues. Jorge filed for asylum in 2004 alleging that he had been beaten by police officers and that he could be killed by authorities in Mexico.
