02 September 2023

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Asylum Ban Increases Threats of Sexual Violence Against LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers (Human Rights First Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Canada warns LGBTQ+ travellers about the U.S., but those seeking refuge here aren’t always welcomed (The Conversation, Aug. 2023) [text]

LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing persecution globally, but refugee status is still extremely hard to get (The Conversation, June 2023) [text]

Many people think it's impossible to be LGBTQ+ and religious – this 'homosecularism' is dangerous for asylum seekers (The Conversation, June 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Reports: 

An EU-US Comparative Legal Analysis of Transgender Asylum Adjudication Based on the UNHCR Guidelines (UnLocal, July 2023) [text via SOGICA]

Global Report: Mapping and Research to Strengthen Protection and Assistance Measures for Migrants with diverse SOGIESC (Samuel Hall & IOM, Aug. 2023) [access]

Personas refugiadas y migrantes de Venezuela LGTBIQ+ en Peru: SituaciĆ³n, Liderazgos y Colectividades (IOM, July 2023) [text]

Protecting LGBTIQ+ people in situations of forced displacement: A Stocktaking on UNHCR progress since the 2021 Roundtable (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

Safeguarding LGBTQI+ refugees in Eastern Europe: LGBTQI+ safeguarding risks and needs assessment in Poland, Romania and Moldova (Safeguarding Hub Eastern Europe, June 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions: The case of Norway," Etikk I Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, vol. 17, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"The place where only gays go: constructions of queer space in the narratives of sexually diverse refugees," Journal of Place Management and Development, EarlyCite, 17 July 2023 [postprint]

"A Requirement of Shame: On the Evolution of the Protection of LGB Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 11 July 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden and the Netherlands.

"Transgender Erasure: Barriers Facing Transgender Refugees in Canada," McGill Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

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