There were no pictures and very few of her pieces to be found, but here was one, a short essay on emigration:How does a strange land become your home? “It would mean a rejection of human existence.” So we build our home in a strange land, and then we can return home from travels to Paris, London, Amsterdam, or Jerusalem. refugees — most of them had come from Russia, fleeing Putin’s anti-gay campaign, but among the roughly 75 guests there were asylum seekers from other former Soviet republics and even from Iran. Since then, the Thanksgiving for queer asylum seekers has become a tradition. It will be hard not to strike a false note when celebrating Thanksgiving with new asylum seekers in Trump’s America.

Source: New York Times November 14, 2017 19:30 UTC