Hana Masri, ‘A Liberated Life? Thoughts on the Paradoxical Binds of Queer Refuge’, 2017 Kohl 3.1: pp. 36-40

Sabiha Allouche, ‘(Dis)-Intersecting Intersectionality in the Time of Queer Syrian-Refugee-ness in Lebanon’, 2017 Kohl 3.1: pp. 59-77 Abstract This paper heeds Jasbir Puar’s call to supplement an intersectional analysis with an exercise of assemblage when examining identity politics. It argues that asylum organizations’ unwillingness to account for the interplay between the receiving state (in this … Read more

Sabine Jansen and Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘Fleeing Homophobia: Asylum Claims Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Europe’, September 2011, COC Nederland / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Division of International Protection Services, Selected Documents Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Relevant to International Refugee Protection, October 2009

Sabine Jansen and Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘In Fuga Dall’ Omofobia: Domande Di Protezione Internazionale Per Orientamento Sessuale E Identità Di Genere In Europa’, Settembre 2011, COC Nederland / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Nicole LaViolette, ‘Canadian Appellate Level Decisions Dealing with Refugee Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – Listed According to the Definition of a Convention Refugee’, 2015 This compilation of Canadian appellate level decisions covers the period from 1993 to 2015 and contains two appeals from the RAD of the IRB; a significant number … Read more

COC Out and Proud Conference 2017, ‘LGBTI Asylum in Europe’, Amsterdam, 5 and 6 October 2017

UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, Missing the Mark: Decision Making on Lesbian, Gay (Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) Claims, September 2013

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ‘UNHCR’s Comments on the Practice of Phallometry in the Czech Republic to Determine the Credibility of Asylum Claims based on Persecution due to Sexual Orientation’, April 2011

Lorenzo Bernini, ‘The ordeal for humanity: LGBTI asylum seekers in Europe facing the limits of human rights’, 2015 AG About Gender – International Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 177-189   What’s “human” in the human? What makes a living being a human being? In case of doubt, who decides whether a … Read more