Former El Salvador resident, 29-year-old Mx Arthur Britney Joestar, is the first person to have been granted asylum in the UK on the grounds of being non-binary.
The landmark case is the first instance in which the Upper Tribunal court, which handles immigration and asylum cases, explicitly ruled that those at risk being persecuted of their non-binary or gender diverse identity can seek asylum in the UK.
The judge of the case said: “The appellant has already left El Salvador once because they could not tolerate the treatment that they endured there; now that they believe themselves to be far more vulnerable to attack it seems likely to me that they would feel compelled to modify their behaviour, including their political and social.