Migrants in the closet: LGBT migrants, homonationalism, and the right to refuge in Serbia

Badali, Joel John

doi:10.1080/10538720.2019.1548330

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“…Research on queer migration has revealed an uneasiness between queer migrants' non‐normative identity and their own ethno‐cultural communities (Badali, 2019; Tiven et al., 2016). ‘Geographic distance from the country of origin’, as Dhoest and Szulc (2016, p. 7) observe, ‘does not take away all fears for context collapse, […] because people from the home country […] could report back’.…”

Section: The Dual Oppression Of the Ethnic Closetmentioning

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Queer migration, heteronormativity and the ‘ethnic closet’: Chinese queer international students' intersectional experience in New Zealand

Cui,

Song

2024

Euro J of Education

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Drawing on semi‐structured in‐depth interviews with 15 Chinese queer international students from New Zealand's tertiary institutions, this paper explores their motivations to pursue higher education transnationally and unpacks the interconnected power structures underpinning their experiences. We find that despite the imagination and initial perception of New Zealand as one of the most queer‐friendly higher education destinations, Chinese queer international students are confronted by the ‘ethnic closet’—a heteronormative power structure simultaneously disciplining racial/ethnic and sexual identities. The interplay between these two key aspects of students' identity has meant that Chinese queer international students, as migrants who occupy disadvantaged positions in local racial power relations, frequently experience heteronormative microaggressions on campus. These students' ethnic identity, which lies in the heart of their social support system, has also become a hindrance in their queer identity development. Our findings challenge the perceived dichotomy between China as homophobic and ‘the West’ as queer‐friendly, and reveal the need for a more nuanced understanding of queer international students' experiences, in order to better support them in a higher education setting.

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Section: The Dual Oppression Of the Ethnic Closetmentioning

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Queer migration, heteronormativity and the ‘ethnic closet’: Chinese queer international students' intersectional experience in New Zealand

Cui,

Song

2024

Euro J of Education

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“…At either end of the spectrum of endowments, i.e., economic, social, cultural and symbolic resources that migrants have, reasons for migration could be varied. Studies on migrants with low levels of capital endowments have highlighted the importance of security, safety, and the pursuit of legal rights as primary reasons for their migration (Ogren, 2007 ; Van Hear, 2014 ; Badali, 2019 ). Whereas migrants with high levels of resources reportedly move for better standards of life, seeking work-life balance, career, escape from past personal and cultural history, and opportunity for self-actualisation, and enjoy higher levels of security in both countries (Benson and O'Reilly, 2009 ; Castles and Miller, 2009 ; Salazar, 2010 ).…”

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The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate

Usta

Özbilgin²

2023

Front. Sociol.

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Sexuality is an understated yet increasingly important motive for migration. Motivation to migrate is often viewed from a polarized lens, either as the pursuit of economic security or as a desire to access to human rights, on which social policy on migration has been predicated. We introduce the notion of the toxic triangle to account for contexts that prove hostile to freedom of sexuality and trigger individuals to migrate. Drawing on insights from 25 interviews, we demonstrate how sexuality remains a silent yet significant contributor to individuals' decisions to migrate from an adversarial context. We illustrate how the participants fall into four archetypes of dreamers, climbers, escapists, and seekers, based on their endowments and experiences of sexuality and gender identity as salient sources of their motivation to migrate. Focusing on the hidden side of Turkish migration to the UK o..ers insights into how the pursuit of freedom of sexuality in terms of safety and security shapes motivations and experiences of migration across two cultures.

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“…Esta expresión suele relacionarse con un enfoque psicodinámico en el que la persona guarda para sí mismo parte de su vida, como suele darse con las represiones generadas en el inconsciente respecto a aquello que resulta desafiante (Wilson et al, 2018). Para los estudios sociológicos, el clóset puede ser visto como un espacio social en el que el individuo guarda su orientación sexual o identidad de género, así como sus expresiones, al considerar que, al externarlas públicamente, puede ser sujeto de rechazo o señalamiento (Badali, 2019).…”

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El derecho a seguir en el clóset. Una aproximación desde la realidad latinoamericana

Parra¹,

Enríquez²

2023

Realidad y Reflexión

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El objetivo del presente artículo es hacer una reflexión sobre la realidad que afrontan las personas de los diversos grupos de la diversidad sexual e identidad de género en países como México, cuando deciden reconocer su sexualidad de manera pública. A través de una aproximación a la realidad que vive el colectivo LGBTIQA, se busca analizar la crisis de derechos humanos que se da en la sociedad latinoamericana, encontrando puntos vinculantes entre esta situación y la propuesta teórica sobre la mentira propuesta por Sissela Bok. Como conclusión, se plantea la importancia de reconocer la individualidad de cada situación particular, misma que determina el nivel de riesgo y su posibilidad de calificarse como crisis.

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Migrants in the closet: LGBT migrants, homonationalism, and the right to refuge in Serbia

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Queer migration, heteronormativity and the ‘ethnic closet’: Chinese queer international students' intersectional experience in New Zealand

Queer migration, heteronormativity and the ‘ethnic closet’: Chinese queer international students' intersectional experience in New Zealand

The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate

El derecho a seguir en el clóset. Una aproximación desde la realidad latinoamericana

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