27 March 2026

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Ali's friend died awaiting a visa. A new pathway offers hope to LGBTQI+ refugees like him," SBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Are all queer asylum-seekers created equal? (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

New open access books:

Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile (Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026) [open access]
- "What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress? This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced, and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile."

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026) [open access]
- "Bringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. ...The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. ...But East Africa cannot be reduced to a site from which LGBTQI+ displacement emanates. Several countries in the region act as either host countries or transit points, even as they produce LGBTQI+ refugees of their own. These complex social, political and legal dynamics make East Africa a productive site for theorising queer and trans displacement. The region offers insights into how, when and why LGBTQI+ Africans move, the social obstacles they face, and the different survival strategies they deploy."

Journal articles:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Archives of affective ambivalence in the governance of queer asylum," Ethnic and Racial Studies
Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Denmark.

"Presumption of dishonesty: Epistemic injustice towards asylum seekers," Ethical Perspectives (Forthcoming) [postprint]
- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Immigration and Deportation Attitudes: Sexuality, Economic Contributions, and Respondents’ Partisanship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 March 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump’s America: Ensuring Fair Adjudication and
Maximizing Persuasive Advocacy of Transgender Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and
Convention Against Torture (CAT) Seekers’ Claims," UCLA Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 33 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants," BMC Public Health, 26:778 (Jan. 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden. See also related news release.

Multimedia:

Book Launch: The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, 12 Feb. 2026 [access

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