SOGICA

1/3 We are so happy to hear that some of the SOGICA work has been used by @FedCourt_CAN_en to support the application for judicial review of a #Ghanaian #bisexual claimant who had been denied #internationalprotection on grounds of lack of #credibility. sogica.org/database/feder…

Check out our latest blog piece: ‘Surviving Trauma: Queer Lives in Iran and the Psychological Impact of Forced Migration’, written by Karolína Tajovská. Karolina worked with NQIfFM in 2024 as an International Junior Research Associate. Thanks, Karolina! iranqueerefugee.net/database/tajov…

And now we have a full web page of outputs from the NQIfFM project! You can check out: 🎥 our documentary 🔥 our poetry collection 🎧 our podcasts ✒️our submission to the UN Independent Expert on SOGI and others! Enjoy! 💓 iranqueerefugee.net/outputs/

We're extremely happy to release the podcast series of the @Iranqueeref project! Besides the podcast with Sima's story - which we had already released a while ago - you can now also find the stories of Mani, Sobhan and Saghi on Spotify. open.spotify.com/show/1Ptb0UyN7…

4/4 We're very happy for the applicant and congratulations to everyone involved in making sure this happened. Please follow the link for more information. 👇 sogica.org/database/m-i-v…

3/4... deference to the domestic authorities' assessment of the applicant's credibility, insufficient 'just satisfaction', etc), but all in all a small step towards the right direction (and a partly dissenting opinion from Judge Serghides arguing for a more favourable judgment!).

1/4 Wonderful news from the European Court of Human Rights! The Court found in M.I. v Switzerland that the removal of the applicant to Iran without a fresh assessment of the risk of ill-treatment as a homosexual man in Iran and... sogica.org/database/m-i-v…

We are so happy to announce that the NQIfFM (iranqueerefugee.net) poetry collection "Rainbows on Rugged Terrains: Poetics of Queer Iranians in Exile" is now out! It features poetry from queer Iranians in exile in Turkey, the UK, and Canada. tplondon.com/product/rainbo…

Check out this interesting fresh addition to the SOGICA database: ‘The Role of #trust in #LGBTQ+ #Refugee Status Determination (RSD) System’ - congratulations to authors Annamari Vitikainen and Patti Tamara Lenard! sogica.org/database/vitik…

Congratulations to @NinaHeld1 & @rock4_ronnie for their fresh new book chapter 'Intersections of #gender, #sexuality and "#race" in #queer #asylum claims'. The chapter also uses some of the SOGICA fieldwork! elgaronline.com/edcollchap/boo…

Wonderful to get to know our new cohort of postgrads yesterday, reconnect with old colleagues and meet new ones all whilst visiting the exhibition on LGBTQI migrants' journeys of belonging. With many thanks to @sussexlibrary for hosting us!!

I'm so happy to see this exhibition coming together and showcasing the materials from @SOGICA1 @Iranqueeref and my own Queer migration projects. It's on at the @sussexlibrary from Monday til Oct 11th. Have a look and let us know what you think!

Delighted to see the exhibition "Journeys of Belonging: LGBTQI+ Migration and Asylum" coming together @sussexlibrary It exhibition explores the narratives of LGBTQI+ migrants to the UK & showcases visual materials from 3 @SussexUni research projects 📅 9 sept - 11 Oct

From Monday 9 September the Journeys of Belonging exhibition comes to the Library, exploring the stories of LGBTQI+ people who have voluntarily migrated or who have sought asylum across Europe and beyond.

Congrats @ChristopherPul7 & @ieuanfranklin for new piece '"Were in this together" – NGO advocacy and LGBTQ+ asylum claimants: Intimate/care citizenship as co-presence and imagined equality” & thanks for referring to our book as a landmark publication! ❤ sogica.org/database/pulle…

New addition to our database by Bouchet-Mayer & Ferez on ‘Cross-effects of cultural and gay capitals in access to refugee status on the grounds of SOGI in France: Study of the formal and informal preparations of West African men for asylum trials’. Enjoy! sogica.org/database/bouch…

'We Are Being Killed': A Gay Man Forced To Escape Turkmenistan (rferl.org)

In English: "Court of Justice of the European Union Case Law on LGBTI Asylum Seekers: A Queer Postcolonial Perspective". #asylum #CJEU #queer #postcolonial #epistemology #homonationalism #LGBTI

Check out this new piece by Ahmed Hamila on "La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne sur les demandeurs d’asile LGBTI: une perspective queer postcoloniale". #asile #CJUE #épistémologie #queer #postcoloniale #homonationalisme #LGBTI sogica.org/database/hamil…

We are incredibly excited to announce that our project's documentary will be out this Autumn! The Other Place is a documentary that explores the struggles of #queer #Iranian #migrants forced to flee their homeland due to their #sexualorientation and #genderidentity.