TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Eduardo JARAMILLO and Emma GUILLAUME
Cuban gay Rasiel Elias Fernandez, 51, poses for a portrait during an interview with AFP at the shelter for migrants from the LGBTQ community "Casa Frida" in Mexico City on June 24, 2024. LGBTQ migrants, considered among the most vulnerable of those seeking a better life in the United States, have found relief in Mexico in shelters specially set up to protect them from discrimination. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)