Between queer liberalisms and Muslim masculinities: LGBTQI+ Muslim asylum assessment in Germany

Tschalaer, Mengia

doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1640378

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“…Due to their gender-nonconformity, LGBTQ* refugees reported feeling excluded from co-ethnic communities as well as the general society (Kahn 2015). Corresponding research within Germany has used an intersectional lens and strongly focused on LGBTQ* refugees' experiences during the asylum process (Dustin & Held 2018;Held 2019;Hübner 2016;Tschalaer 2019). For example, Dustin and Held (2018) have found that intersectionality is often overlooked within the asylum process, i.e., asylum seekers are merely assessed on the grounds of their sexual orientation/ gender identity while other social categories are neglected.…”

Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Dustin and Held (2018) have found that intersectionality is often overlooked within the asylum process, i.e., asylum seekers are merely assessed on the grounds of their sexual orientation/ gender identity while other social categories are neglected. Tschalaer (2019) highlighted how LGBTQ* refugees may face discrimination in the asylum process, for example by translators and immigration officials. In sum, these studies suggested that LGBTQ* asylum seekers may be pressured to adhere to Western stereotypes of LGBTQ* populations to gain safety in Germany (Tschalaer 2019), which likely impacts their mental health.…”

Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tschalaer (2019) highlighted how LGBTQ* refugees may face discrimination in the asylum process, for example by translators and immigration officials. In sum, these studies suggested that LGBTQ* asylum seekers may be pressured to adhere to Western stereotypes of LGBTQ* populations to gain safety in Germany (Tschalaer 2019), which likely impacts their mental health.…”

Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experiences of Minority Stress and Mental Health Burdens of Newly Arrived LGBTQ* Refugees in Germany

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Introduction While many refugees have settled in Germany within recent years, little is known about LGBTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer*) refugees, a potentially vulnerable group. This qualitative study investigated LGBTQ* refugees’ experiences of distal and proximal minority stressors as well as their mental health burdens during the post-migration period. Methods In 2018, 26 self-identified LGBTQ* refugees were recruited in community centers of different metropolitan areas of Germany and interviewed in three focus groups. Anonymized transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results LGBTQ* refugees experienced discrimination based on their intersecting identities. Some described daily occurrences and higher rates in comparison with premigration. Moreover, LGBTQ* refugees reported expectations of rejection and thus concealed their identities, while some also demonstrated identity acceptance. Reported mental health burdens covered internalizing symptoms as well as low levels of well-being. Conclusions Findings suggest that LGBTQ* refugees are especially vulnerable to multiple forms of discrimination based on their intersecting identities. For a subgroup of participants, both discrimination experiences and mental health burdens subjectively increased during post-migration. Policy Implications Our evidence substantiated that LGBTQ* refugees need to be distinctively acknowledged in social policies to counter their specific patterns of experienced discrimination and improve their mental health.

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Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Post-migration Experiences Of Minority Stressmentioning

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“…Examples include expectations that applicants will show they have attended gay pride marches (Bennett & Thomas, 2013) or visited gay districts in the asylum country (Hersh, 2015). Remarkably, stereotypes often apply not only to asylum-seekers, but also to their societies of origin, which are seen as entirely hostile towards sexual minorities (Dhoest, 2019;Hedlund & Wimark, 2019;Tschalaer, 2020). In one study it was reported that this had led officials to disbelieve applicants who claimed their male family members had reacted positively when they disclosed their sexuality (Hedlund & Wimark, 2019).…”

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Asylum Claims based on Sexual Orientation: A Review of Psycho-legal Issues in Credibility Assessments

Selim¹,

Korkman²,

Pirjatanniemi³

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The number of people seeking asylum based on their sexual orientation is expected to continue increasing. Assessing the credibility of such claims to determine whether asylum-seekers meet the criteria for refugee status is a complex task for asylum officials. These assessments involve several psychological aspects, affecting applicants’ disclosure and asylum officials’ determinations. Here, we present a systematic literature search and review of 47 original manuscripts to analyze credibility assessments in asylum claims based on sexual orientation. We demonstrate that asylum officials often make assumptions regarding human sexuality, sexual identity formation and sexual behavior that are either partially or entirely unsupported by psychological research. These assumptions are problematic as they undermine the validity of the asylum process and put vulnerable individuals at risk of severe harm. The challenges are aggravated in the cross-cultural context of asylum determinations, where applicants from different countries may manifest their sexual orientation in ways that deviate from Western expectations. We discuss the implications of our review’s findings for psychological research and asylum practice.

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“…Yet, in a context of high suspicion toward asylum seekers, this formalization has turned into a restrictive evaluating apparatus of queer applicants' credibility. Numerous academic works have emphasized how narrow understandings of sexuality and gender 1 , as well as expectations of performance of victimhood or narratives of migration experienced as liberation, actually lead to excluding queer 2 applicants from asylum (Morgan, 2006;Rehaag, 2008;Berg and Millbank, 2009;Kobelinsky, 2012;Lewis, 2014;Murray, 2014Murray, , 2015Ferreira, 2015;Giametta, 2016Giametta, , 2017Akin, 2017;Dustin and Held, 2018;Hertoghs and Schinkel, 2018;Hedlund and Wimark, 2019;Rinaldi and Fernando, 2019;Tschalaer 2019;Tschalaer 2020;Sari, 2020). A more recent study has focused attention on the ways support organizations assist queer migrants with their asylum procedure (Cesaro, 2021).…”

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Refugeeness, Sexuality, and Gender: Spatialized Lived Experiences of Intersectionality by Queer Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Paris

Chossière

2021

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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In the last few years, asylum claims based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI) have received increased attention within migration and queer studies. Mostly focusing on the refugee status determination process, these works have emphasized how the expectations of asylum institutions about “genuine queer refugees” lead to the exclusion of many applicants from SOGI asylum. This paper aims at shifting the analysis perspective from the legal categorization process to the impacts of everyday experienced categories of “asylum seekers” or “refugees” on queer migrants in the Parisian area. Using a three-year long ethnographic fieldwork, completed through interviews with queer asylum seekers and refugees, this paper investigates how refugeeness, understood as the objective and subjective effects of migration and asylum policies on individuals, contributes to shaping lived experiences of sexual and gender minorities in France. By drawing attention to the ways that the multiple power relationships queer asylum seekers and refugees have to face are spatially grounded, this paper discusses how an intersectional understanding of sexuality, gender, and refugeeness allows us to emphasize the role played by migration status in the negotiation of hetero- and cisnormativity. This paper also argues that far from remaining passive toward the categorization process they are subjected to, queer asylum seekers and refugees strategically appropriate the administrative categories with which they are associated. Such an analysis of lived experiences of queer asylum seekers and refugees in the country of arrival thus highlights the complex reshaping of social location caused by migration.

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Between queer liberalisms and Muslim masculinities: LGBTQI+ Muslim asylum assessment in Germany

Cited by 38 publications

References 25 publications

Experiences of Minority Stress and Mental Health Burdens of Newly Arrived LGBTQ* Refugees in Germany

Experiences of Minority Stress and Mental Health Burdens of Newly Arrived LGBTQ* Refugees in Germany

Asylum Claims based on Sexual Orientation: A Review of Psycho-legal Issues in Credibility Assessments

Refugeeness, Sexuality, and Gender: Spatialized Lived Experiences of Intersectionality by Queer Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Paris

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