16 December 2010

LGBT Asylum Seekers: Round-up of Resources

Homophobia, Transphobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: 2010 Update (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2010) [text]
- Sections four and five focus on "'Family Members' in Free Movement, Family Reunification and Asylum" and "Asylum and Subsidiary Protection for LGBT People," respectively.

LGBT Asylum Applicants Need to Prove Persecution, Not Sexual Orientation (LGBT Asylum News, Dec. 2010) [text]

Objectivity, Authority, and Truth: Confirming a Homosexual Identity in Lesbian and Gay Fights for Asylum, Paper for Peace Studies Student Conference, Grinnell, Iowa, 4-6 March 2010 (Grinnell College, 2010) [text]

The Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Asylum-Seekers and Refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2010) [text]
- Discussion paper prepared for UNHCR Roundtable on Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of Their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Geneva, 30 September–1 October 2010; see also Summary Conclusions from the meeting.

Testing Sexual Orientation: A Scientific and Legal Analysis of Plethysmography in Asylum and Refugee Status Proceedings (ORAM, Dec. 2010) [text]

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