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GCN's Marlon Jimenez-Compton tells his story as an LGBTQ+ refugee

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Marlon Jimenez-Compton was forced to flee from Maracaibo, Venezuela, and become an Irish refugee in 2003. Since then, he has built a beautiful life for himself in Ireland alongside his loving husband, John, and their gorgeous dog, Sammy. “I arrived with very little money in my pocket, a suitcase, but a huge bundle of dreams,” […] The post GCN's Marlon Jimenez-Compton tells his story as an LGBTQ+ refugee appeared first on GCN.

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