COVID-19 and Queer Asylum – Highlights of the Conference 29.04.2020
- Category: Other
- Source: Other
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, LGBT+
- Place: Germany
- Year: 2020
- URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsLvRnZLWsI&feature=youtu.be
COVID-19 and Queer Asylum – Highlights of the Conference 29.04.2020
COVID-19 & Queer Asylum was a virtual symposium featuring NGO representatives, lawyers and judges working on queer asylum, LGBTQI+ activists and LGBTQI+ persons seeking asylum/refugees from Germany. The Symposium consisted of three panels followed by a information session led by lawyers and LGBTQI+ asylum practitioners that allowed for a Q&A around COVID-19 and LGBTQI+ asylum.
This symposium was organized by Mengia Tschalaer (University of Bristol) in collaboration with Knud Wechterstein (Rainbow Refugees Frankfurt), Anbid Zaman (Aktionsbündnis gegen Homophobie; SOGICA Advisory Board Member), Lilith Raza (Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany), Nina Held (University of Sussex, SOGICA), Magdalena Müssig (Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld), Mohammad Dalla (Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld), Danijel Ćubelić (European Coalition of Cities Against Racism), Harpreet Cholia (Refugee Council Hessen), and Luna Liboni (Council of Europe).