Good morning on this soggy Wednesday.

Ishalaa Ortega had to get out of Mexico.

As a transgender woman and an outspoken critic of the policies of a candidate for governor in her home state of Baja California, Mexico, she had received a steady stream of death threats. But it was an assault by a man on the street, she said, that made her realize her life was truly in danger.

So on a warm July night in 2013, she packed a bag and asked a friend to drop her off at the border in Tijuana.

This Pride Month arrives at a peculiar moment for Ms. Ortega, who now resides in Corona, Queens: It’s a time when part of her identity is being celebrated, even while the climate around refugees fleeing violence is rapidly shifting.

“If you are cisgender and an immigrant, it’s difficult,” Ms. Ortega said on a recent afternoon. “If you’re transgender and an immigrant, it’s even more difficult. And undocumented, even worse.”