Tschalaer, Mengia, ‘Queer Spaces. The sexual asylum story’, 2019, Diaphanes. The research that supported the writing of this article has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Programme [grant agreement No 793497] European Commission. More information can be found at www.queerasylum.org. A longer version … Read more
Subject: Gender Identity
Case C-247/23, VP v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság, 13 March 2025, ECLI:EU:C:2025:172 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(d) – Principle of accuracy – Article 16 – Right to … Read more
Burcu Gümüş and Jón Ingvar Kjaran, on ‘Intersecting marginalisations: violence against LGBTQ+ refugees and ethnic minorities in Turkey’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–18, 2025 Abstract This study explores the intersecting forms of violence experienced by LGBTQ+ individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Turkish citizens and refugees living in Turkey. Drawing on 35 in-depth … Read more
NQIfFM, ‘Submission in reply to the Call for Evidence by the European Commission regarding the EU LGBTIQ equality strategy for 2026-2030’, University of Sussex, Brighton, 2025 Summary The European Commission opened a call for evidence in relation to the EU LGBTIQ equality strategy for 2026-2030 (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14551-EU-LGBTIQ-equality-strategy-for-2026-2030_en). This is “a new strategy to combat the inequalities … Read more
Deborah Faudoa Rodríguez, ‘An intersectional approach to LGBTIQ+ Iranian refugees in the United Kingdom: A blog post’, NQIfFM, Brighton, 2022 Excerpt In the present text I will briefly contextualize the current situation LGBTIQ+ people face in Iran, as well as the difficult process they go through when trying to apply for refugee status in Europe. … Read more
Karolína Tajovská, ‘Surviving Trauma: Queer Lives in Iran and the Psychological Impact of Forced Migration’, NQIfFM, Brighton, 2025 Excerpt Existing research consistently demonstrates significant disparities in mental health between queer and heterosexual youth, with queer individuals experiencing markedly higher rates of suicidality and depressive symptoms (Kabir & Brinsworth, 2021; Kelleher, 2009; Marshal et al., 2011; … Read more
Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Kamran Matin, Mehran Rezaei-Toroghi, and Isabel Soloaga, ‘The praxis of research about queer migrant lives: an Iranian case study’, 4 February 2025 Excerpt Does an academic, theoretically framed, multidisciplinary research project have anything to contribute to migration policy and practice in the context of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, … Read more
NQIfFM submission to the Call for Input by the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity on ‘Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in relation to forced displacement’, 2025 1. This submission is based on research from the project ‘Negotiating Queer Identities Following Forced Migration (NQIfFM): A … Read more
S. Shakhsari, ‘The queer time of death: Temporality, geopolitics, and refugee rights’, 2014 Sexualities, 17(8), 998-1015 Abstract Using the ethnographic data from interviews with the Iranian queer and transgender refugee applicants in Turkey, the UNHCR, and NGOs in Istanbul, Ankara, Denizli, Kayseri, and Nevsehir, I explore the way that refugee rights as a temporally and … Read more