Decolonizing Queer Migration

Iranian Voices in Exile
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-5348-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Global Migration and Social Change

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress?

This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile.

This is an essential study for scholars of sexuality, migration and Middle Eastern studies seeking to understand queerness in global displacement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dustin, Moira

Ferreira, Nuno

Matin, Kamran

Rezaei-Toroghi, Mehran

Soloaga, Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Escaping Iran

2. Reframing Queerness: The International Formation of Queer Identity in Iran

3. From the Amrad to ‘The Gay’: The Making of Queer Identity in Iran

4. Methodology and Ethical Issues

5. Language, Queer Vocabularies and Self-Identification

6. External Factors Shaping Queer Iranians’ Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Migration Decisions

7. Drawn Into a Legal Web

8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Soloaga, Isabel
Isabel Soloaga is Research Fellow in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Ferreira, Nuno
Nuno Ferreira is Professor of Law at the University of Sussex.

Matin, Kamran
Kamran Matin is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex.

Rezaei-Toroghi, Mehran
Mehran Rezaei-Toroghi was Research Fellow in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex (2022–2023).

Dustin, Moira
Moira Dustin is Assistant Professor in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Moira Dustin is Assistant Professor in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Nuno Ferreira is Professor of Law at the University of Sussex.

Kamran Matin is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex.

Mehran Rezaei-Toroghi was Research Fellow in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex (2022–2023).

Isabel Soloaga is Research Fellow in Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex.