“We just know who we are”: lesbian refugees in the Canadian immigration system

dc.contributor.authorDearham, Kaitlin (Kat)
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-10T19:46:32Z
dc.date.available2017-11-10T19:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionGraduate Research Paper
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the experiences of lesbian refugee claimants in the Canadian immigration system. Lesbian women attempting to escape violence and persecution face specific challenges in the asylum seeking process, from navigating the patchwork settlement sector to being asked to demonstrate their sexual orientation to a representative of the Canadian state. Through the use of in-depth interview with lesbian refugees, this paper documents lesbians’ experiences with the refugee claim process from landing to post-hearing. In it, the author argues that while lesbian refugee claimants experience marginalization based on the intersection of several marginalized identities, they assert self-determination and resistance throughout the process. Claimants must interact with discourses of homonationalism, homonormativity, and authenticity, which serve as gatekeeping mechanisms for the settler state.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34108
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCanadian immigrationen_US
dc.subjectLesbian womenen_US
dc.subjectviolenceen_US
dc.subjectsettlement sectoren_US
dc.subjectLesbian refugeesen_US
dc.subjectmarginalizationen_US
dc.subjecthomonationalismen_US
dc.subjecthomonormativityen_US
dc.title“We just know who we are”: lesbian refugees in the Canadian immigration system
dc.typeResearch Paper

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