Forced migration refers to coerced movements of refugees and internally displaced people as well as people displaced by unjust laws, environmental disasters, famine, or development projects. The end of 2019 saw 79.5 million forcibly displaced people (UNHCR). While the number of LGBTQ forced migrants is unknown, worldwide, 77 countries criminalize same-sex activity, seven of them with death.
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Photo: Mural photo taken by a co-researcher, Toronto, CA
Participatory Video with LGBTQ+ Refugees
One of the research outputs produced by the Finding Home Toronto branch of this project is a 10 minute documentary …
Staging Home
As part of our research into this issue, we met with Sebastian Aguirre, a human rights activist and theatre practitioner from the Chilean refugee diaspora living in the UK.
Suspending Home
created with Khaled Barakeh Khaled Barakeh is a visual and conceptual artist and activist, originally from Syria, and based in Berlin. We met him…