'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers

Held, N; McCarthy, K

Abstract

This chapter looks at the intersections of gender, sexuality, ‘race’, religion and ‘refugeeness’. By drawing on research conducted with members of the Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) in Manchester, it discusses current issues faced by bisexual women and lesbians when they are seeking sanctuary in the UK. ‘Proving’ sexuality lies at the heart of the matter, with the majority of cases refused on credibility i.e. that the claimant is not believed to be a lesbian. The chapter argues that bringing ‘refugeeness’ into intersectional analysis challenges the concept of intersectionality in particular ways.

Citation

Held, N., & McCarthy, K. (2018). 'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers. In S. Nayak, & R. Robbins (Eds.), Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context (142-155). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810-11

• Online Publication Date: Aug 27, 2018
• Publication Date: Aug 23, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 26, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 26, 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 142-155
• Series Title: Routledge Advances in Social Work
• Book Title: Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context
• ISBN: 9781138628168-(hardback);-9780367586898-(paperback);-9781315210810-(ebook)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810-11
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810-11
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810; https://www.routledge.com/Intersectionality-in-Social-Work-Activism-and-Practice-in-Context/Nayak-Robbins/p/book/9780367586898
• Additional Information: Access Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context on 23rd August 2018, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781138628168