Real Queer: "Authentic" LGBT Refugee Claimants and Homonationalism in the Canadian Refugee System

Authors

  • David A. B. Murray York University

Keywords:

refugees, sexuality, immigration, nationalism, Canada

Abstract

Since the early 1990s, Canada has become a primary
destination for individuals who make refugee claims on the
basis of sexual orientation persecution. Based on interviews
with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) identified
refugee claimants, social workers and refugee lawyers in
Toronto, I argue that LGBT refugees and those who work
with them are enmeshed in a system predicated upon highly
malleable, historically and socio-politically specific sexual terms
and identities that privilege particular gendered, classed and
raced interests and, thus, place LGBT refugees from non
North American societies in a particularly vulnerable position.

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Published

2014-04-30

How to Cite

Murray, D. A. B. (2014). Real Queer: "Authentic" LGBT Refugee Claimants and Homonationalism in the Canadian Refugee System. Anthropologica, 56(1), 21–32. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/628

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 1 (2014): Queer Anthropology

Section

Thematic Section:

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