Publications

Journal Articles on Queer Asylum in Europe

Tschalaer, M. & Fadi Saleh (eds.) 2023. Queer Liberalisms and Marginal Mobilities. Ethnic and Racial Studies. Volume 6, Issue 9.  

Fadi Saleh & Mengia Tschalaer. 2023. Introduction to special issue: queer liberalisms and marginal mobilities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2182161 [open access]

Tschalaer, M. 2022. Increasing Isolation of LGBTQI+ Asylum Claimants During Covid-19 in the UK. Journal of Contemporary European Research. In Press. [open access]

Tschalaer, M. 2022. Queer Motherhood in the Context of Legal Precarity: Experiences of Lesbian Mothers Seeking Asylum in Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies. DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2085055  [open access]

Tschalaer, M. 2022. Queering migration temporalities: LGBTQI+ experiences with waiting within Germany’s asylum system. Ethnic and Racial Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2076566 [open access]

Held, N , Querton, C, Dustin, M, Danisi, C and Ferreira, N 2022, ‘Sexuality, gender and asylum: refugees at a crossroads’ , Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 4 .

Held, N  2022, ‘‘As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other’ : LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in ‘ambivalent’ queer spaces’ , Ethnic and Racial Studies .

Held, N  2021, ‘Rezension : Petra Sußner, Flucht – Geschlecht – Sexualität. Eine menschenrechtsbasierte Perspektive auf Grundversorgung und Asylberechtigung (Review : Petra Sußner, Escape – Gender – Sexuality. A human rights-based perspective on basic services and the right to asylum)’ , ZAR – Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik, 2021 (11-12) , pp. 418-420.

Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld et. al. 2021. Auswirkungen der Coronapandemie auf lesbische, schwule, bisexuelle, trans*, intergeschlechtliche, queere und asexuelle Personen in Deutschland. Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld.

Salden, Ska and Frede Macioszek. 2021. LSBTIQ*-Communitystrukturen in der Coronapandemie. Eine Online-Befragung unter LSBTIQ*-Organisationen und -Initiativen. Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld.

Tschalaer, M. 2020. Waiting for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers in Germany: A Form of State Control and Resistance.  Political and Legal Anthropology Review.  

Tschalaer, M. 2020. Victimhood and Femininity in Black Lesbian Asylum Cases in Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1772735.

Tschalaer, M. 2019. Queer Spaces: The Sexual Asylum Story. In: Authenticity and Feedback. Berlin: Diaphanes. 8/9. 

Tschalaer. M. 2019. Queere Räume: Die Sexualisierte Asylgeschichte. In: Authenticity and Feedback. Berlin: Diaphanes. 8/9.

Tschalaer, M. 2019. Between Queer Liberalisms and Muslim Masculinities. LGBTQI+ Muslim Asylum Assessment in Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43 (7). DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1640378

Held, N. 2019. “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum in Germany: Intersectional legal, social and methodological challenges”, in Refugees & Queers: Forschung und Bildung an der Schnittstelle von LSBTTIQ, Fluchtmigration und Emanzipationspolitiken, Carolin Küppers/ Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfield (ed.).Bielefeld: transcript, 53-80. 

Dalla, M. 2019. “Queer and Here!“, Gunda Werner Institute.

Dustin, M/ Held, N. 2018. “In or out? A Queer Intersectional Approach to ‘Particular Social Group’ Membership and Credibility in SOGI asylum claims in Germany and the UK”, in GenIUS –Rivista di studigiuridici sull’orientamento sessuale e l’identità di genere, special issue on International Protection and SOGI, No. 2, 74–87. 

Ferreira N., Danisi C., Dustin M., Held N. 2018. ‘The reform of the Common European Asylum System: Fifteen recommendations from a Sexual Orientation and GenderIdentity Perspective‘, SOGICA/University of Sussex.

Reports

Samuel Hall and IOM (2023) Mapping and research to strengthen protection and assistance measures for migrants with diverse SOGIESC. IOM, Geneva. 

Aidshilfe Hessen. 2021. Positionspapier der AIDS-Hilfe Hessen e.V. zur Situation von LSBTQI*-Geflüchteten. Stellungnahme anlässlich des Weltflüchtlingstages 2021.

Blog Posts

ILGA-Europe. 2021. The shocking truth about LGBTI asylum seekers living through COVID-19 in Europe. June 18.

Tschalaer. M. 2021. Queer liberalisms and marginal mobility – special issue and interview series. Migration Mobilities Bristol Blog. 7 April. 

Tschalaer, M. 2020. The Recognition of Queer Asylum Claims in Germany. nccr-on the move Blog. 4. November. 

Held, N. and Tschalaer, Mengia. 2019.  Better Legal and Social Support Needed for LGBTQI+ People Seeking Asylum in Germany. Mobilities and Migration Bristol Blog. 31.October.  

​Tschalaer, M. 2019. Conforming to stereotypes to gain asylum in Germany. Mobilities and Migration Bristol Blog. 12. August.  

News Articles

Tschalaer, M. 2021. Fighting for asylum, as a lesbian and as a mother. openDemocracy. 8. December.

Tschalaer, M. 2020. Fehlender Schutz für Schwarze lesbische Geflüchtete. Tagesspiegel. 23. June.

Nina Held, Mengia Tschalaer and Danijel Ćubelic. 2020. Coronavirus exacerbates LGBTQI refugees’ isolation and trauma. Al Jazeera. 22. April. 

​Nina Held, Mengia Tschalaer and Danijel Ćubelic. 2020. „Ich habe mich noch nie einsamer gefühlt“. Tagesspiegel. 30. March. (This article appeared in the print version of the Tagesspiegel under the title “Mein Leben ist eingefroren” on 6. April 2020)

Tschalaer, M. and Nina Held. 2019. LGBTQI+ asylum claimants face extreme social isolation in Germany. openDemocracy. 26. November. 

Tschalaer, M. 2019. Black lesbians denied asylum in Germany. openDemocracy.14. August.