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The upcoming Road to Freedom Literary Festival aims to help support LGBTQ+ people who face persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics by raising money for the nonprofit organization Rainbow Railroad.Under the theme of “storytelling helps heal humanity’s wounds,” the organization will hold the festival at the newly renovated office tower above Penn Station, PENN 1, on January 12, 2023, in New York City.“The Road to Freedom Literary Festival will contribute to that healing when prominent LGBTQI+ writers share moving and inspiring stories from their own work and ‘roads to freedom,’” Rainbow Railroad said in a press release.Rainbow Railroad is an international nonprofit organization working to assist LGBTQ+ escape violence and discrimination because of who they are. The group said it has helped more than 5,000 queer people find safety.Journalist and novelist Richard C.