Short pieces:
There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but
it’s not fake claimants (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.
UNHCR: Reaffirming protection for LGBTIQ+ refugees (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
"'Already emancipated'? Queer refugee women in the Netherlands, dirty
labor and the paradox of respectability," Chapter in
Feminist and Queer Imaginaries of Hope in a Turbulent Era (Edward
Elgar, April 2026) [open access]
"Frozen Identity: How Rigid Conceptions of Sexuality Endanger Lesbian
Asylum Claims," Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy,
vol. 21, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.
"Governing Legibility: Recognition, Protection, and Mental Health Among
LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom and Lebanon," Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Latest Articles, 18 April 2026 [open access]
"Migrations LGBT+ vers la France : appropriations et négociations des
catégories migratoires," Lien social et Politiques, no. 95 (2025;
posted April 2026) [open access]
"Queer refugees in times of Dutch homonationalism, the dangerous straight
male refugee and the limits of safety," Politics, Groups, and Identities, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]
Restrictive Immigration: The Reduction of Support Provisions for
Vulnerable Asylum Seekers, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 93 (April 2026) [text]
- "The paper builds on contemporary literature of queer migration and Nordic asylum models, with a particular focus on Denmark."
"'Working the Pages': Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women
Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID-19," Gender, Work & Organization, Early View, 29 April 2026 [open access]
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