IranQueeRefugee

A research study about Iranian Queer Refugees.

[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

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.

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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!

https://t.co/uoYoAZaMNf

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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! 💓

https://t.co/MWrTM5TVov

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4/4 Our participants' voices deserve to be heard. May this contribute for a more just world for them and all other #Iranian #queer #migrants.

#lgbtqia #refugeerights #asylum #iran #turkey #uk #canada

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1/4 We couldn't be happier about finally releasing the NQIfFM project's documentary, The Other Place. The Other Place captures the lived experiences of queer Iranian migrants forced to flee persecution in their homeland.
https://t.co/Bv8b8cMSKd

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3/4 Read more about it by clicking here https://t.co/JqrRe5WSNJ We've been anxious for this moment and are so happy to finally share this wonderful documentary with the world.

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Our submission presents some key findings and recommendations based on our fieldwork in Iran, Turkey, the UK and Canada. You can read the whole text in our database - just follow the link!

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We're happy to publish our submission to the Call for Input by the UN IE SOGI on ‘Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in relation to forced displacement’.

https://t.co/N8ciIrP9gs

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These #queer #iranians in #turkey and #canada tell us about their experiences of oppression and struggle, but also resilience, activism and solidarity. A huge thanks yet again to our wonderful participants for sharing their powerful and touching stories. Enjoy!

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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.

https://t.co/5jsrV8vF3I

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4/4... arguing for a more favourable judgment!). We're very happy for the applicant and congratulations to everyone involved in making sure this happened. Follow the link for more information 👇

https://t.co/3Dk1SrOrKy

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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...

https://t.co/3Dk1SrOrKy

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3/4... (still too much 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...

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We are so happy to announce that the NQIfFM (https://t.co/xjKERPoZsK) 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.

https://t.co/35jfVFmORy

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[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

We are so happy to announce that the NQIfFM (https://t.co/xjKERPoZsK) 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.

https://t.co/35jfVFmORy

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We are forever grateful to our participants for having shared their art and talent in this format & to @TP_London for their support & encouragement in the process of publishing this collection. You can read the poems for free online or buy a paper copy from @TP_London website.

[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

We are so happy to announce that the NQIfFM (https://t.co/xjKERPoZsK) 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.

https://t.co/35jfVFmORy

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These beautiful & powerful poems were written by our participants and talk about their experiences of rejection, deprivation, isolation, fear, forced migration, uprootedness, displacement, suspension, non-belonging, loss, despair, & yearning for inclusion, home, love & security.

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More good news! Our documentary "The Other Place" has been officially selected for the "Human Rights Are Universal Arts Festival". The event will take place from October 3-14. More details to follow!

https://t.co/vvoghAqJ63