LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective

Arzu Güler, Maryna Shevtsova and Denise Venturi, Introduction.- Part I. Before the flight: Drivers, reasons and actors of persecution: Katherine Fox , Implementing Hostility and Acceptance: LGBTQ Persecution, Rights, and Mobility in the Context of Western Moral Entrepreneurship.- Edward J. Alessi, Sarilee Kahn, Sangeeta Chatterji, and Dean Manning, A Qualitative Exploration of the Child Abuse Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees and Asylees in the United States and Canada.- Laine P. Munir , Fleeing Gender: Reasons for Displacement in Pakistan's Transgender Community.- Alex Odlum, To Stay or to Go? Decision-making of LGBTQI Syrians in mixed migration flows.- Ailsa Winton, "I've got to go somewhere": Queer displacement in northern Central America and southern Mexico.- Part II. Refugee status determination process: States' implementation, heterogenity, Western narratives and sexual orientation: Arzu Güler , Refugeestatus determination process for the LGBTI asylum seekers: (in)consistencies of states' implementations with UNHCR's authoritative guidance.- Patricia Brazil and Samantha Arnold, LGBTI asylum applications in Ireland: status determination and barriers to protection.- Maria Guadalupe Begazo, The Membership of a Particular Social Group Ground in LGBTI Asylum Cases Under EU Law and European Case-Law: Just Another Example of Social Group or an Independent Ground?- Andrea Mrazova , Legal requirements to prove asylum claims based on sexual orientation: a comparison between the CJEU and ECtHR case law.- Kateri Berasi, Gay and lesbian asylum seekers in the United States: The interplay of sexual orientation identity development, reverse-covering, and mental health.- Katherine Fobear, "Wherever We Would Go, We Would Be Together" - The Challenges for Queer Refugee Couples Claiming Joint Asylum in Canada.- María Paula Castañeda Romero and Sofía Cardona Huerta, Seeking protection as a transgender refugee woman: from Honduras and El Salvador to Mexico.- Part III. Granting refugee status: Reception, accommodation, and integration of (recognised) LGBTI refugees: Betsy L. Fisher, Refugee Resettlement: A Protection Tool for LGBTI Refugees.- Nicholas Hersh, Enhancing UNHCR Protection for LGBTI Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Morocco: Reflection and Strategies.- Hester K.V. Moore, "The atmosphere is oppressive": investigating the intersection of violence with the cisgender Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer women refugee community in Nairobi, Kenya.- Emma Bassetti, Integration challenges faced by transgender refugees in Italy.- Arzu Güler, Maryna Shevtsova and Denise Venturi, Conclusion.