LGBTQ+ Migrants

Janna Wessels

Chapter 49 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 286-292 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and others) migrants are individuals who cross or have crossed international borders and identify as LGBTQ+. Many countries still have laws and policies that discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals, making migration a necessity. Whereas LGBTQ+ migrants were originally invisibilized or excluded, migration law specifically pertaining to LGBTQ+ people has emerged at domestic and international levels in two key areas: international protection, or asylum, and family reunification. In line with developments in international and human rights law more widely, key notions of migration law have been reinterpreted to extend protection to LGBTQ+ migrants.

Keywords: LGBTQ+ migrants; Sexual orientation; Gender identity; Family reunification; International protection; Asylum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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