Coming Soon Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not?
Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not?
Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not?

Immigration

Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not?

By Sabine Jansen et al.
Coming Soon Bristol University Press Available December 2026

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9781529255911
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Bristol University Press
Publication
December 2026
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Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Across many jurisdictions in the Global North, lack of credibility is the primary basis for rejecting sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) asylum applications. This edited collection examines how disbelief poses one of the most complex challenges for queer asylum seekers worldwide.

The contributions in this book highlight how assessments in various asylum systems in the Global North are based on stereotypical, feeling-centric and western-centric models, that fail to reflect the complexities of sexual and gender diversity, often perpetuating unlawful bias and leading to unjust decisions. Bringing together theory and practice, the collection explores these issues across diverse geographical contexts, employing a multidisciplinary approach.

Crucially, the collection offers a variety of critical and empirical interventions, advocating for a fairer and more inclusive asylum system and adherence to human rights and refugee law.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction: Queerness, Asylum, and the Politics of (Dis)belief - Sabine Jansen, Sophia Zisakou, Andrea Vige Grønningsӕter, Claire Fletcher, Aino Gröndahl
2. Unravelling the Knot of Credibility Assessment in SOGIESC Asylum – Nuno Ferreira

Part I: Proving SOGIESC
3. How Credible Is Your Love Life? Profundity in the Dutch Credibility Assessment in LGB+ Cases – Louisa Bergsma and Roos Geurts
4. A Child Rights-Based Approach to the Assessment of Credibility in Children’s SOGIESC Asylum Claims – Elias Tissandier-Nasom
5. On Heteronormative Bordering – Annelie Neumann
6. Challenging Homosecularism: Faith, Spirituality and LGBTIQ+ Asylum in the UK – Diego García Rodríguez

Part II: Challenging Stereotypes
7. Queer Enough for the Netherlands? The Role of Stereotypes in Queer Asylum Decisions and Their Outcomes – Million Kassa Bekele
8. Credibility Assessments and Experience-Informed Methods – Raawiyah Rifath
9. Overcoming Rape Mythology: A Critical Analysis of Asylum Claims by LGBTIQ Refugees in Greece - Ifigeneia Intzipeoglou
10. The ‘cycle of rejection’: How has the digitisation of the UK asylum system impacted LGBTQ+ asylum seekers? – Jessica Walmsley

Part III: Interventions, improvement and more inclusive assessment
11. Opening Up Possibilities for SOGIESC Asylum Seekers: (In)credible Stories Between Judicial Biases and European Sexual Imaginaries
12. Disrupting Sexuality: Cultural Translation and Transnational Sexual Diversities – Alex Powell
13. Preventing Stereotyping by Decision Makers in Credibility Assessments with SOGIESC Asylum Claimants: a Toolbox Approach – Leens van Kessel
14. Re-envisioning Terminology for a more Inclusive Credibility Assessment – Abby Field
15. From a Norm of Invisibility to a Norm of Visibility – Andrea Vige Grønningsæter
16.Concluding Remarks – Sabine Jansen, Sophia Zisakou, Andrea Vige Grønningsӕter, Claire Fletcher, Aino Gröndahl
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