Identifying the Needs of LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees in Southern Arizona

Chávez, Karma R.

doi:10.1080/00918369.2011.540175

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“…Researchers highlight strains within family relationships for nonrefugee gay Muslims in the West (e.g., Jaspal & Cinnirella, 2010;Minwalla et al, 2005). Moreover, as Chavez (2011) learned in a study of LGBT migrants, those with HIV-positive status may also fear revealing this fact within the coethnic community. Circumcised African Muslim women resettled in the West can suffer feelings of victimization, alienation from mainstream health care providers, and social isolation (Khaja, Lay, & Boys, 2010;Berggren, Bergstrom, & Edberg, 2006).…”

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Cast Out: “Gender Role Outlaws” Seeking Asylum in the West and the Quest for Social Connections

Kahn

2015

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

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Since 1994, increasing numbers of persons are fleeing persecution based upon their nonconformity with traditional gender roles. This qualitative study explores the experiences of 14 men and women from Islamic societies persecuted in their countries for resisting gender-role norms and, ultimately, gaining asylum in the United States. Findings suggest that "gender role outlaws" in resettlement may be alienated from families and more traditional coethnic others by their alignment, or perceived alignment, with Western constructs, and may also be marginalized by mainstream communities. Ultimately, findings contrast with received knowledge that family and coethnic affiliation is possible and positive for Muslims in resettlement and point to the need for alternative sources of social support.

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Section: Existing Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

Cast Out: “Gender Role Outlaws” Seeking Asylum in the West and the Quest for Social Connections

Kahn

2015

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

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“…The third subset from the LGBT community who have experienced the intense vulnerability from the discrimination of their sexual orientation and identity are the numerous yet undocumented number of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers (particularly those from the Middle Eastern countries) who have migrated to nations such as Canada and the United States to seek shelter and sanctuary from religious persecution (Chavez, 2011;.…”

Section: Lgbt Vulnerable Populations and Identity Incongruitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-Level Interventions for Reconciling Conflicting Religious and Sexual Domains in Identity Incongruity

Liboro

2014

J Relig Health

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Two of the most unstable domains involved in identity formation, the religious and sexual domains, come into conflict when vulnerable populations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community experience oppression from the indoctrination of religious beliefs that persecute their sexual orientation. This conflict, aptly termed identity incongruity in this article's discourse, results in a schism that adversely affects these vulnerable populations. This paper investigates the roles of religion, spirituality and available institutional solutions to propose customized, culturally adapted, contextually based and collaborative community-level interventions that would facilitate the reconciliation of the conflicting identity domains.

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“…First, we have studied existing academic literature on LGBTI migrants/refugees in general (Binnie and Klesse 2013;Chávez 2010Chávez , 2011Howe et al 2008;Jansen 2014;Jansen and Spijkerboer 2011;Tabak and Levitan 2013), and on transgender migrants/refugees in particular (Cowen et al 2011;Swetzer 2016). Since specific literature is scarce, we also delved into studies on transgender people's experiences in their interactions with other state institutions (e.g., prisons) and healthcare institutions.…”

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“We Do Not Matter”: Transgender Migrants/Refugees in the Dutch Asylum System

Pijl

Breuil

Swetzer

et al. 2018

Violence and Gender

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Although the Netherlands is renowned for its forerunner position in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and intersex (LGBTI) rights, this study urges one to question whether it can still live up to that image. Reports, news items, and signals from non-governmental organizations, such as Transgender Network Netherlands in the field show that especially transgender migrants/refugees regularly face abuse and discrimination. Yet, academic research underlying such findings is scarce. Moreover, a highly gendered discourse on the current migration/refugee crisis makes transgender migrants/refugees even more invisible. This article presents an interpretive approach to the institutional and disciplinary realities they become part of. The approach comes from (1) a literature review, surveying both scholarly publications and other sources; (2) patchwork or instant ethnography, thickening the findings from the literature; (3) and foremostly a theoretical interpretation of the precarious situation in which many transgender migrants/refugees find themselves. We draw upon synthesizing concepts such as "total institution" (Goffman 1961; Henry 1963), "human waste" (Bauman 2004), and "armed love" (Ticktin 2011) to constitute our theoretical framework, through which we show that transgender migrants/refugees are met with compassion and pity, rather than equal rights and full citizenship. This bitter logic leads us to the conclusion that within the Dutch asylum system, transgender migrants/refugees are rendered politically irrelevant, which eventually reflects the main priority of the Dutch authorities (and society at large) to control the boundaries of the nation-state, rather than to address the needs and rights of those people who seek, on legitimate grounds, a passport to a better, that is, a full life.

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Identifying the Needs of LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees in Southern Arizona

Cited by 100 publications

References 46 publications

Cast Out: “Gender Role Outlaws” Seeking Asylum in the West and the Quest for Social Connections

Cast Out: “Gender Role Outlaws” Seeking Asylum in the West and the Quest for Social Connections

Community-Level Interventions for Reconciling Conflicting Religious and Sexual Domains in Identity Incongruity

“We Do Not Matter”: Transgender Migrants/Refugees in the Dutch Asylum System

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