30 August 2025

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Asylum claims from U.S. citizens have jumped since Trump took office, figures show," Globe and Mail, 27 Aug. 2025 [text]

Protecting Queer Refugees in Muslim-majority Niger? How Organizational Designs of Refugee Status Determination May Helpe [sic] Solve Moral Conflicts (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Volatile Bodies: The Queer Syrian Refugee as a Site of Postwar Fantasy in Lebanon (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"La credibilidad en tela de juicio: Sesgos y estereotipos en el proceso de petición de asilo por motivos de orientación sexual o identidad de género en España," Migraciones, no. 63 (2025) [open access]

"Fetishised and fictionalised: invisibility as a veil and obstruction for femme-presenting queer refugee women in Lebanon," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2025 [Academia]

"Fighting to Be Felt: Queer Necropolitics and Self Defense as Resistance for Trans Syrian Refugee Sex Workers in Lebanon," Journal of Homosexuality, Latest Articles, 23 July 2025 [Academia]

"How Does Necropower Shape the Everyday Experience of LGBTQ+ People Seeking Asylum in England and Wales? Perspectives From Providers and Directly Affected People," Sociology Compass, vol. 19, no. 7 (July 2025) [open access]

"I just want to be free...": Emerging evidence on the lives, experiences and movement intentions of displaced sexual and gender minorities in Kenya (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2025) [text]

Inclusion of LGBTIQ+ People in Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (Outright, 2025) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Available in English and Ukrainian.

"The Limits of Refugee Status Determination Through Credibility Assessment: Empirical Evidence from Sexual Orientation Asylum Cases," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 July 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"Trans 'Enough' for Protection? Experimenting with Credibility in Refugee Status Determination," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 29 July 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on Denmark.

"Trans refugees, faith and SOGI protections: global development frameworks and international relations," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2025 [ResearchGate]

"'You won’t break my soul': Practicing Queer Joy and Resilience with LGBTQ+ Refugees," Music and Arts in Action, vol. 9, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

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