None of these analyses, however, have inquired into a possible link between selfidentification as a member of SOGI minorities and Brexit voting preference. The closest that such analyses have come to SOGI issues can be found in a report concluding that those in favour of the UK remaining in the EU (generally referred to as 'Remainers') are more likely to accept same-sex marriage, in particular those 'Remainers' who support the Labour Party (Ipsos MORI 2017). Despite this very limited consideration of SOGI issues in analyses of Brexit, there is no doubt that Brexit will affect SOGI minorities on a range of levels. These include likely serious effects in terms of human rights and equality policy, 'soft law' instruments, socio-cultural environment, economic resources, regional variations within the UK and civil society vibrancy, as will be seen. This contribution builds on a shorter piece published by the authors as a blog entry (Danisi, Dustin, and Ferreira 2017). The authors are members of SOGICA (www.sogica.org), a four-year (2016-2020) research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming internal protection on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) (grant agreement No 677693). The authors wish to thank the pertinent and useful suggestions offered by Bal-Sokhi-Bulley, Philip Bremner, and the participants at the workshop 'Europe, Brexit and Human Rights' held on 22 November 2017 and organised by the Sussex Rights and Justice Research Centre, and the workshop 'Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Brexit' held on 17 November 2017 and organised by the Sussex European Institute, both at the University of Sussex. 1 We recognise that 'SOGI minorities' is not an ideal expression, to the extent that not everyone we wish to refer to may identify with it, but for practical reasons we will use it as shorthand to refer to everyone who does not identify as heterosexual or cis-gender; we ask readers to interpret this expression in this broad sense throughout this contribution. 2 The only relevant analyses of which the authors are aware other than the one they have produced (Danisi, Dustin, and Ferreira 2017) have been published by Wintemute (2016), Cooper (2018), Cooper et al. (2018) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC 2018).
