08 July 2021

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Blog posts & press:

5 Things to know today for IDAHOTB (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]
- See also related HC message.

Encamped within a camp: transgender refugees and Kakuma Refugee Camp (Kenya) (AMMODI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Global Roundtable charts joint action for protection of forcibly displaced LGBTIQ+ people: Joint Press Release by UNHCR and UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity [text]
- Follow link for recommendations from the roundtable. See also earlier related press release.

Hidden Pride: The Challenges Faced by LGBTIQ IDPS (IDMC Blog, June 2021) [text]

"LGBT People Fleeing Harassment in Iran Find Life No Easier in Turkey," VOA News, 16 April 2021 [text]

Reports: 

Cycles of Displacement: Understanding Exclusion, Discrimination, and Violence Against LGBTQI People in Humanitarian Contexts (International Rescue Committee, June 2021) [text]

Intersecting exclusions: displacement and gender-based violence among people with diverse sexualities and gender identities in Kenya - Literature Review (ODI, June 2021) [text]

LGBTQ+ Syria: Experiences, Challenges, and Priorities for the Aid Sector (Center for Operational Analysis and Research, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Only Way is Up: Monitoring and Encouraging Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion in the Humanitarian and DRR Sectors (Govt. of Sweden & UN Women, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Persons in Forced Displacement (UNHCR, 2021) [text]
- Note: This is an updated version; the original was published in 2011.

Journal articles:

"Assessing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Asylum Claims: Towards a Transgender Studies Framework for Particular Social Group and Persecution," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 24 May 2021 [open access]

"Credibility assessment in asylum claims based on sexual orientation by the Greek Asylum Service: A deep-rooted culture of disbelief," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Accepted 22 June 2021 [abstract]
- Note: This open access article has been provisionally accepted but the final formatted text is not yet available.

"Do the Challenges of LGBTQ Asylum Applicants under Dublin Register with the European Court of Human Rights?," Social & Legal Studies, vol. 30, no. 3 (2021) [free full-text]

"‘It's about being safe and free to be who you are’: Exploring the lived experiences of queer migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa," Sexualities, vol. 24, nos. 1-2 (2021) [Academia]

"Refugeeness, sexuality and gender: spatialized lived experiences of intersectionality by queer asylum seekers and refugees in Paris," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 13 April 2021 [open access]

"Toward a Gender-Sensitive Securitization of the Common European Asylum System," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 15 April 2021 [open access]

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