Greatrick, A;
(2019)
“Coaching” Queer.
Migration and Society
, 2
(1)
pp. 98-106.
10.3167/arms.2019.020110.
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Abstract
This article argues that Northern responses to, and recognition of, LGBTQ refugees bind queer organizations in Lebanon and Turkey, which support such refugees, in a state of contradiction. This contradiction is defined both by the failure of Northern LGBTQ rights discourses to account for Southern ways of being queer, but also by the categorical imperative of hospitality, which asks that the “right” refugee appears in line with the moral, political, raced, and gendered assumptions of Northern host states. In recognizing this imperative, this article observes how queer organizations in Lebanon and Turkey navigate this contradiction by simultaneously “coaching” their beneficiaries on how to appear “credible” in line with Northern assumptions about sexual difference, while working to accommodate the alterity of those they support.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | “Coaching” Queer |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3167/arms.2019.020110 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3167/arms.2019.020110 |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | hospitality; LGBTQ; queer; refugees; sexuality; Lebanon; Turkey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128579 |
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