Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Refugee Determination Process in Canada

Abstract

La version francaise de cet article peut etre consultee a: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343318 Updated Version of a paper prepared for the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada as part of a professional development session on sexual orientation, gender identity and the refugee determination process. The paper reviews developments and issues specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex refugees and the Canadian inland refugee determination process. A previous version was published as "Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Refugee Determination Process in Canada" (2014) 4:2 Journal of Research in Gender Studies 68-123 and is available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2541430.