During the Colombian Civil War, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people were targeted by armed actors for reasons related to ideology and strategy. Even with the generalised violence ...

In El Carmen de Bolívar, LGBTQ+ people want the history of their brutal persecution by police and paramilitaries to be told, but the sense of safety is fragile and many still face prejudice

Abstract. Over the past decade, the refugee protection regime has supposedly become more inclusive of queer and trans* people. Much literature has focused

Sanctuary after Asylum: Addressing a Gap in the Political Theory of Refuge - Volume 117 Issue 3

Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides a foundational guide to queer methodologies in the study of political violence and conflict. Contributors provide illuminating...

The death toll in a bomb attack that targeted schoolgirls in Kabul on Saturday has risen to 85, Afghan officials told CNN on Monday.

In this book, Lee Ann Fujii explores what she calls the ‘logic of violence on display’. She defines the concept as ‘a collective effort to stage violence f

Abstract. This article explores the ontology of cruelty in civil war. I argue that taking cruelty as the unit of analysis provides new insights into the dy

At its idyllic campus near Cartagena, a school for young dancers aims to break the cycle of violence and poverty suffered by so many in the South American country. The verdict of one pupil? ‘It saved...

The Prosecutor’s Office of Padova (Italy) has asked a local court to remove any same-sex non-biological parent on birth certificates, denying same-sex families the right to State recognition.

They can fall through the cracks in standard humanitarian responses — but through social media, individuals and groups are finding ways to help.

Sanctuary after Asylum: Addressing a Gap in the Political Theory of Refuge - Volume 117 Issue 3

The phenomenon of queer-and-trans internal migration from homophobic to “safe” areas in the United States remains under-studied in the literature of refugee and forced migration studies. Rejected f...

The recent controversy around J.K. Rowling points to a surprising gulf between the U.S. and U.K. in trans rights discourse.

This is the second in an occasional series of virtual issues of the Journal of Refugee Studies, compiling articles from recent print issues on a particular

Launched in 2021, Queer Intersections is a new TORCH network that convenes a diverse coalition of scholars, activists, and artists to consider their role in the production of knowledge related to...

#Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation by Abigail de Kosnik and Keith Feldman (eds) serves as an exciting reminder of the illuminating