A lesbian, gay and bisexual migration tale: On the role of intimate citizenship for transforming sexual subjectivities

Juroš, Tanja Vučković

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“…Furthermore, while queer migration scholarship is quickly growing, there is a disproportionate emphasis on asylum and refugee processes (Luibhéid, 2008;Vogler, 2016). Even research on non-refugee LGB migrants -despite showcasing socioeconomic diversity among these individuals -tends to select cases from relatively repressive contexts (Carrillo, 2018;Choi, 2022;Kong, 2010;Manalansan IV, 2003;Vuckovic Juros, 2022).…”

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“…This is partly driven by the transnational flow of information and general visibility of those with diverse sexualities that accompany policy change (Ayoub, 2016;Ayoub & Garretson, 2017). Greater circulation of cultural content makes one cognizant of how they are treated in their home country due to their sexuality, for better or worse, compared to these outside contexts (Carrillo, 2018;Karimi, 2020;Vuckovic Juros, 2022).…”

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Sexuality, Migration, and LGB Policy: A Portrait of Immigrants in Same-Sex Couples in the United States

Hoffmann

Velasco

2023

International Migration Review

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Both internationally and in the United States, the policy landscape for same-sex couples is changing rapidly, and surveys report swiftly increasing numbers of immigrants in same-sex couples in the US. Yet few researchers have examined immigrants in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) couples on a large scale, especially regarding their relationship to LGB policy. Are these immigrants disadvantaged and fleeing anti-LGB contexts, or are they empowered to migrate by progressive origin-country LGB policy? Using American Community Survey data from 2008 to 2019 and original datasets indexing LGB policy changes in 122 countries and all US states, this study assesses and characterizes the scale of LGB migration to the US as well as the role of LGB policy. Compared to immigrants in different-sex couples, those in same-sex couples come from richer, more democratic countries that are less represented among immigrants in the US. They also tend to be more highly educated, work in more prestigious occupations, and have higher incomes. While previous work largely focuses on LGB immigrants from repressive contexts, fixed-effect models show that higher proportions of these immigrants come from LGB-friendly countries, and they are more likely to live in progressive US states. These findings highlight how sexuality as well as state policies seemingly unrelated to migration can shape migratory pathways.

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Sexuality, Migration, and LGB Policy: A Portrait of Immigrants in Same-Sex Couples in the United States

Hoffmann

Velasco

2023

International Migration Review

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“…In Europe more broadly, sexual politics are caught up in the geopolitical comparison in which Western Europe is often understood as more liberalized than presumptively conservative Central and Eastern Europe—a politics that deserves greater critical scrutiny (Juros 2022; Kulpa 2014; Liinason and Alm 2018; Mayerchyk and Plakhotnik 2019; Shchurko and Suchland 2022; Takács and Szalma 2020). Regardless of individual histories, post‐Soviet countries appear to be interpreted as either on the “successful ‘Western’ road to the ‘gay utopia’ or failing ‘Eastern’ collapse to the ‘dark ages’” (Kondakov 2021:8).…”

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Perverts or Heroes in the Post‐Socialist “Cold War”: Formula Stories of Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Women and Transgender People in Ukrainian Media

Soroka

Crawley

Dzyuba

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Symbolic Interaction

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The first round of review notes for this article was received in early February 2022-just two weeks before Russia's military invasion of Ukraine on February 24. We had been debating the use of the term "cold war" prior to the invasion when we were confronted with the reality of povnomasxtabna v na -a full-scale war-which physically displaced two of our authors from their homes in Kharkiv in the process. Presciently, the final note from reviewer 2 had offered: "One suggestion I might make would be to update this by tying these conversations about Ukrainian sovereignty vis-à-vis Russia to current threats to Ukrainian sovereignty from Putin's regime." Indeed. We believe that our argument is made even more prophetic, not less relevant, by Russia's violent incursion, in that our article points to the importance of the battle over discourse in geopolitics and the implications for addressing global conflict, creating livable lives, and attending to everyday trauma. Further, as of this writing, the New York Times (Myers and Frenkel 2022) reports that "propaganda" is actively being spread by Russia in several languages in Latin America and the Middle East by way of extending the war of discourse beyond traditional East/West geographies. Hence, the "cold war" is expanding, not contracting. With this article, we illuminate the centrality of voice by citizens of smaller nations and the tendency for this voice to be lost among the wielding of politics by global superpowers. We steadfastly recognize the sovereignty of Ukraine as an independent nation, including especially the importance of democratic self-determination for LGBTQI+ people in Ukraine.

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Rethinking Queer Migration: The Case of Skilled Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants in North America

Yang

2024

International Migration Review

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Queer migration scholarship has established sexuality as an important axis of power that shapes and is shaped by migration processes. To further conceptualize how and when sexuality matters, this article bridges queer migration with other modes of migration. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 48 skilled Chinese LGBTQ+ migrants in North America, I examine the organization of sexuality in queer migration through the pathway of international student migration/mobility. My findings reveal how sexuality has transitioned from hidden to affirmed, and finally to unconstrained across three stages of the migration trajectory in shifting institutional contexts. By examining the temporal variation of queerness in the process of migration, I show the co-evolution of identity and mobility mediated by migration pathways.

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A lesbian, gay and bisexual migration tale: On the role of intimate citizenship for transforming sexual subjectivities

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

Sexuality, Migration, and LGB Policy: A Portrait of Immigrants in Same-Sex Couples in the United States

Sexuality, Migration, and LGB Policy: A Portrait of Immigrants in Same-Sex Couples in the United States

Perverts or Heroes in the Post‐Socialist “Cold War”: Formula Stories of Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Women and Transgender People in Ukrainian Media

Rethinking Queer Migration: The Case of Skilled Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants in North America

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