Mole, RCM;
(2018)
Identity, Belonging and Solidarity among Russian-speaking Queer Migrants in Berlin.
Slavic Review
, 77
(1)
pp. 77-98.
10.1017/slr.2018.11.
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Abstract
Drawing on the experience of Russian-speaking queer migrants in Berlin, the article furthers our understanding of queer migration by analyzing the motivations and integration strategies of LGBQ migrants, as well as their attempts to maintain and perform both their sexual and national identities in the post-migration context. The risk that they could be doubly marginalized—as ethnic minorities within the host society and sexual minorities in the established diasporic community—led to the establishment of Quarteera, a forum for Russian-speaking queers to perform and maintain both their sexual and ethno-cultural identities and give and receive social and psychological support, as well as a channel for expressing feelings of solidarity towards other Russian-speaking queers in the post-Soviet homeland. A further contribution of the article is thus highlighting the benefit of “queer diaspora” as a heuristic device to think about identity, belonging, and solidarity among sexual minorities in the context of dispersal and transnational networks.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Identity, Belonging and Solidarity among Russian-speaking Queer Migrants in Berlin |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/slr.2018.11 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2018.11 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1549695 |
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