Fobear, ‘Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans LGBT Refugees Experiences of Home and Belonging in Canada’, 2016
- Category: Literature
- Source: Academic
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Refugee/Asylum, Migration, LGBT+
- Place: Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas
- Year: 2016
- URL: https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0314143
Katherine Marie Fobear, ‘Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans LGBT Refugees Experiences of Home and Belonging in Canada’, August 2016
Abstract
This thesis examines the homing experiences of LGBT refugees in Vancouver, British Columbia. Using participatory photography, ethnography, and oral history, this project interrogates home and belonging for individuals claiming and receiving asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The issues examined lie at the intersection of two ongoing discussions in migration scholarship: on race, class, sexual orientation, and gender identity in refugee settlement in Canada, and on home and belonging for LGBT refugees. This examination contributes to both of these discussions. The research suggests reimagining refugee settlement in Canada through the lens of sexualized and gendered bodies in order to queer refugee settlement and expand the scope of home and belonging beyond the pragmatic to aspects of relatedness to places, bodies, and persons.