LGBQ Migrations: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland
Publisher's version This article examines LGBQ migrants’ experiences of living in Iceland, with a focus on LGBQ migrants from the Global South. LGBQ migrants may belong to various communities, for example, to their ethnic community, the queer community and to the wider Icelandic society, all of...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1922 2023-05-15T16:45:13+02:00 LGBQ Migrations: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland Guðmundsdóttir, Linda Sólveigar Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2018-10-18 40-65 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1922 en eng Lambda Nordica Lambda Nordica;22(4) https://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/505 Sólveigar Guðmundsdóttir, L., & Skaptadóttir, U. D. (2018). LGBQ Migrations:: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland. Lambda Nordica, 22(4), 40-65 1100-2573 2001-7286 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1922 Lambda Nordica info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess LGBQ migrations Racialization Outness Belonging Iceland Hinsegin Hinsegin fræði Innflytjendur Ísland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis 2018 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1922 2022-11-18T06:51:57Z Publisher's version This article examines LGBQ migrants’ experiences of living in Iceland, with a focus on LGBQ migrants from the Global South. LGBQ migrants may belong to various communities, for example, to their ethnic community, the queer community and to the wider Icelandic society, all of which affect their experiences. Various societal changes have taken place in Iceland in recent decades regarding LGBQ people, and at the same time, the number of international migrants who have taken up residence in Iceland has vastly increased. This article applies theories of belonging to LGBQ migrants’ subject-positions in society, using theories of racialization to explore the ways in which migrants’ experience exclusion and xenophobia. It draws on an intersectional approach to analyze how issues relating to people’s gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, and class overlap and shape their experiences, throughout the migration process and in their daily life. The findings show that LGBQ migrants employ a bifocal world view, while also demonstrating the ways in which they perceive racialization and a sense of (un)belonging in the Icelandic context. Furthermore, this study shows that migration can provide an opportunity for new. paths and practices regarding participants’ sexual orientation and identity construction. Funded by the Icelandic Research Fund-RANNIS (Grant of Excellence nr: 163362) Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
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Publisher's version This article examines LGBQ migrants’ experiences of living in Iceland, with a focus on LGBQ migrants from the Global South. LGBQ migrants may belong to various communities, for example, to their ethnic community, the queer community and to the wider Icelandic society, all of which affect their experiences. Various societal changes have taken place in Iceland in recent decades regarding LGBQ people, and at the same time, the number of international migrants who have taken up residence in Iceland has vastly increased. This article applies theories of belonging to LGBQ migrants’ subject-positions in society, using theories of racialization to explore the ways in which migrants’ experience exclusion and xenophobia. It draws on an intersectional approach to analyze how issues relating to people’s gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, and class overlap and shape their experiences, throughout the migration process and in their daily life. The findings show that LGBQ migrants employ a bifocal world view, while also demonstrating the ways in which they perceive racialization and a sense of (un)belonging in the Icelandic context. Furthermore, this study shows that migration can provide an opportunity for new. paths and practices regarding participants’ sexual orientation and identity construction. Funded by the Icelandic Research Fund-RANNIS (Grant of Excellence nr: 163362) Peer reviewed |
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Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
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LGBQ Migrations: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland |
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LGBQ Migrations: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland |
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Lambda Nordica;22(4) https://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/505 Sólveigar Guðmundsdóttir, L., & Skaptadóttir, U. D. (2018). LGBQ Migrations:: Racialization and (Un)belonging in Iceland. Lambda Nordica, 22(4), 40-65 1100-2573 2001-7286 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1922 Lambda Nordica |
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