The way to identify persons or to verify persons who are LGBTQ is to address the recommendation I made here. A lot of the time, working with and supporting the local groups on the ground, who know the reality, can provide the kind of supporting evidence that you need.
Canada should reach out and continue to reach out to the groups on the ground who are working with LGBTQ people to ensure that...I've heard it mentioned before. You minimize false claims. That can be done through an engagement process with persons on the ground who are working with the individuals.
However, there might be some persons who have not been out. They just can't be out. They haven't been out, even to their own LGBTQ organizations.
As was said earlier, I doubt very much that, in that context, when persons finally come out, they are doing so without having counted the cost. It comes with a tremendous amount of risk. There's a loss. There are tremendous losses.
We should almost give the benefit of the doubt to persons who make that claim. In our context, it's a last-ditch effort. You have no other option.