Queer Liberalisms and Marginal Mobilities

This book addresses queer migration through the intersectional lens of queer liberalisms, authoritarianism, and marginal mobilities. Globally, LGBTIQ+ rights form an inherent part of human rights discourse and politics. At the same time, this very human rights language is increasingly used by nation- states to defend their borders, control migration flows, and intensify discrimination and prejudice against the “other”. Queer migration scholarship has therefore maintained a critical approach to such forms of national queer liberalism that risk marginalizing LGBTIQ+ refugees, migrants, and asylum- seekers. The aim of this book is to unpack the tenuous relationship between politics of queer liberalisms and securitization within contested political contexts in the Global South and North by thinking about the ways in which the precarity of marginal mobilities for LGBTIQ+ persons on the move is produced within different (trans- ) national contexts.

This volume is essential reading for scholars, researchers, and graduate students in migration studies, queer and gender studies, human rights, and international relations. It offers valuable insights for policymakers, NGO professionals, and activists working at the intersection of LGBTIQ+ rights and migration. The book covers critical subject areas including transnational queer politics, border securitization, asylum processes, human rights frameworks, and the lived experiences of LGBTIQ+ migrants navigating hostile political environments across global contexts.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.