A black and white photograph in the collections of the National Japanese American
Historical Society shows a group of 12 Japanese women in kimonos and shawls, with high …

Departures supports, contextualizes, and advances the field of critical refugee studies by
providing a capacious account of its genealogy, methods, and key concepts as well as its …

Since the early 1990s, Canada has become a primary destination for individuals who make
refugee claims on the basis of sexual orientation persecution. Based on interviews with …

“How do I prove I'm gay?” This is the central question for many refugee claimants who are
claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation persecution. But what are the inherent …

Drawing on recent work that examines the contingent, personal nature of queer migration,
this paper provides empirical support for recent claims that coming-out journeys are more …

Any movement has a double impact, both on those it represents and on society at large. This
is particularly so of a movement like gay libera--tion which represents a process whereby …

Exceptional States examines new configurations of marriage, immigration, and sovereignty
emerging in an increasingly mobile Asia where Cold War legacies continue to shape …

Sexuality has been present, but obliquely addressed, in human geography for a long time.
Whenever geographers discussed demographic transition models, population dynamics or …

Based on analyses of the lived experiences and narratives of Chinese intranational migrant
young gay men, this article investigates the complicated ways in which jia (family/home) …

Research in the field of sexuality and space has begun to explore the relationships between
gay and queer sexual subjectivities and migration. Much of this research examines the …