Queer and Trans Migrations

Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the cross-border movements of LGBTQI+ persons, particularly those seeking protection in the Global North. While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals fleeing homophobic and transphobic persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about the Global South and perpetuated a singular narrative of why LGBTQI+ people move, where they are going and what their intentions are. This series challenges narrow readings of queer and trans displacement by showcasing interdisciplinary work from diverse locations. In doing so the series will not only disrupt the current geographical orientation of research (i.e. the obsession with South-North movement) but also encourage novel analytical frameworks and methodological approaches. The series seeks to bridge the gap between empirical research and conceptual innovation by spotlighting the best new work in the field. Its overall aim is to interrogate the legal processes, social conditions and other regulatory mechanisms that govern the movement of LGBTQI+ persons while remaining attuned to the spatial, temporal, affective, imaginative, discursive, material, embodied and intimate dynamics that constitute queer and trans displacement. It welcomes proposals for monographs, co-authored books, and edited collections on queer and trans migrations.