Un/convention(al) refugees: Contextualizing the accounts of refugees facing homophobic or transphobic persecution

Refuge

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-182

  Jordan, Sharalyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REFUGE; VIOLENCE;

CANADA;

EID: 79958778611     PISSN: 02295113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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30. Informed consent was discussed in the first meeting and revisited. The final meeting was used to discuss themes found in the narratives.
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75. N. Barsotti, "Gay Iranian faces deportation," Xtra West (2010), http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/ Gay-Iranian-faces-deportation-8674.aspx Ibid.
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83. Jasbir Puar, Terrorist Assemblages Ibid.
84. Jasbir Puar, Terrorist Assemblages Ibid.