Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality

Stuart, A. (2012) Over and out Redressed 2012: An Update on Progress against the Original Recommendations of the Over Not Out Report (2009). London: MBARC. Our initial ‘Over Not Out’ research aimed to shine a brighter light on the plight of those 1800 people and it led to more lights shining, firstly from outside government … Read more

Hevi LGBTI Association, ‘LGBTI Refugees’, 2019 Abstract This book, ‘LGBTI Refugees’, was prepared by Hevi LGBTI Association, the Hevi working team on LGBTI refugees, and with the support of the specialists in their field. To begin with, we want to point out the violation of rights, originating from the definations of the terms ‘Refugee, Asylum-Seeker, … Read more

Hevi LGBTI Association, ‘Education Program on Fighting Racism in the Field of LGBTI’, 2019

BF (Albania) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1781 (25 October 2019)

UKLGIG, ‘Submission to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration inspection of the Home Office’s Use of Interpreters’, June 2019 SOGICA contributed evidence to UKLGIG’s submission to the Chief Inspector’s inquiry into the use of interpreters by the Home Office.

Claerwen O’hara, ‘The gap between immutability and perceptibility: Issues experienced by sexual minority asylum seekers in the context of the “membership of a particular social group” ground’, 2013 Abstract: Despite the persecution of sexual minorities being a widely-recognised ground for claiming asylum, this category of asylum seekers still experience a plethora of problems. This is … Read more

On 11 October 2019, the EU Home Affairs Committee published its report on ‘Brexit: refugee protection and asylum policy’ which highlights the potentially significant implications of Brexit for asylum policy, and for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. The report states: ‘The SOGICA Project—a four-year research project on the social and legal experiences of … Read more

Douglas McDonald, ‘Freedom To Be: Assessing the Claims of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers’, 10 Socio-Legal Review, 2014, 35-52 Abstract This paper assesses contemporary dilemmas in the assessment of asylum claims based upon sexual identity, including international legal challenges to previously-prevailing notions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (“LGBTQ”) asylum seekers may escape persecution through ‘discretion’; … Read more

In 2019, the SOGICA project, in collaboration with partner organisations, submitted Freedom of Information requests about SOGI asylum to the relevant government departments in Germany, Italy and the UK with varying degrees of success. Germany SOGICA prepared questions for a parliamentary request that was submitted by Ulla Jelpke and others, Die Linke, on 17 May … Read more

Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulla Jelpke, Doris Achelwilm, Dr. André Hahn, Gökay Akbulut, Simone Barrientos, Nicole Gohlke, Cornelia Möhring, Amira Mohamed Ali, Niema Movassat, Norbert Müller (Potsdam), Petra Pau, Martina Renner, Dr. Petra Sitte, Kersten Steinke, Friedrich Straetmanns, Dr. Kirsten Tackmann und der Fraktion DIE LINKE. Situation von LSBTI-Geflüchteten Deutscher Bundestag, Drucksache 19/10308, 17.05.2019   … Read more