Gay man rejected asylum by Home Office told he is ‘not truly gay’ by judge

A gay man who fled Bangladesh to escape persecution had his asylum application refused after a judge told him he was ‘trying to pass’ himself off as gay.

Monsur Ahmed Chowdhury, 38, came to Britain as a student in 2009 from Sylhet, a city in northeastern Bangladesh, on a student visa after never feeling safe enough to be his authentic self in his native country.

Following years of applications...