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Intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in queer asylum claims (2024)
Book Chapter
Held, N., & Apata, A. (2024). Intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in queer asylum claims. In Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy (239-250). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204599.00025

Drawing on one of the author’s own experiences with the asylum system and findings from a major European study on queer asylum claims, this chapter looks at intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in asylum claims by queer refugees in Europe. I... Read More about Intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in queer asylum claims.

Researching "race" in lesbian space: a critical reflection (2022)
Book Chapter
Held, N. (2022). Researching "race" in lesbian space: a critical reflection. In R. Ryan-Flood, & A. Rooke (Eds.), Queering Methodology: Lessons and Dilemmas from Lesbian Lives (88-99). Oxon/New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302469

Feminist researchers have acknowledged that racial differences between researcher and researched impact on the research process; however, there has been little concern with how “race” is actually made in/through the research process. If we think “rac... Read More about Researching "race" in lesbian space: a critical reflection.

‘As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other' : LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in ‘ambivalent’ queer spaces (2022)
Journal Article
Held, N. (2022). ‘As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other' : LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in ‘ambivalent’ queer spaces. Ethnic and Racial Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2032246

While over the last twenty years geographers of sexuality have explored the racialisation of
queer spaces, the experiences of LGBTIQ+ refugees in those spaces are rather absent in these
studies. At the same time, while in recent years there has bee... Read More about ‘As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other' : LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in ‘ambivalent’ queer spaces.

Rezension : Petra Sußner, Flucht – Geschlecht – Sexualität. Eine menschenrechtsbasierte Perspektive auf Grundversorgung und Asylberechtigung (Review : Petra Sußner, Escape - Gender - Sexuality. A human rights-based perspective on basic services and the right to asylum) (2021)
Journal Article
Held, N. (2021). Rezension : Petra Sußner, Flucht – Geschlecht – Sexualität. Eine menschenrechtsbasierte Perspektive auf Grundversorgung und Asylberechtigung (Review : Petra Sußner, Escape - Gender - Sexuality. A human rights-based perspective on basic services and the right to asylum). Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik, 2021(11-12), 418-420

Book review

Queering asylum in Europe : legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (2021)
Book
Danisi, C., Dustin, M., Ferreira, N., & Held, N. (2021). Queering asylum in Europe : legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69441-8

This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people claiming international protection in Europe on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). It shows how Europ... Read More about Queering asylum in Europe : legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.

32 recommendations to the European Commission on the new EU LGBTI+ equality strategy (2020)
Report
Ferreira, N., Danisi, C., Dustin, M., & Held, N. (2020). 32 recommendations to the European Commission on the new EU LGBTI+ equality strategy

Our overriding concern is that the EU LGBTI+ Equality Strategy should acknowledge the need to prioritise and protect the rights and needs of LGBTI+ asylum claimants and refugees. SOGICA (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A Euro... Read More about 32 recommendations to the European Commission on the new EU LGBTI+ equality strategy.

30 recommendations for improving the lives of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) in the UK (2020)
Report
Dustin, M., Held, N., Danisi, C., & Ferreira, N. (2020). 30 recommendations for improving the lives of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) in the UK

It is now nearly forty years since the first SOGI asylum claims were recognised, and a great deal of progress has been made at a global and European level. There is increased awareness of SOGI persecution as well as examples of good policy and practi... Read More about 30 recommendations for improving the lives of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) in the UK.