SOGICA

@EU_H2020 project on experiences of LGBTQI+ people claiming international protection on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (RTs aren't endorsements)

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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.

https://t.co/dQ8J6Bm8ck

[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

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

[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

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

[IranQueeRefugee @Iranqueeref]

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

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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. 👇

https://t.co/ZWfL8F2eE4

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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/ZWfL8F2eE4

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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!).

[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

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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!

https://t.co/gtF0jHaxW5

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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!

https://t.co/SNMFCaDIG2

[Sussex Library @sussexlibrary]

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.

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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! ❤
https://t.co/hPF92EvDva

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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! https://t.co/x0vcA9jv9W

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

'We Are Being Killed': A Gay Man Forced To Escape Turkmenistan (https://t.co/VHXZV38X8f)

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

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

https://t.co/NjuPeyjI73

[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.

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

Keep making good use of this wonderful resource and do let us know if you have any suggestions of items we should add! ❤

[SOGICA @SOGICA1]

The SOGICA database goes on being updated regularly & just received a bumper update of 40+ items. Some are classic pieces on #SOGIESC #lgbtqia #asylum & #refugees from the 1990s-2000s, others are more recent, especially of @rainbowmigrants' great work.

https://t.co/iuJlpq62gf