Fluchtgrund sexuelle Orientierung und Geschlechtsidentität: Auswirkungen von heteronormativem Wissen auf die Asylverfahren LGBTI-Geflüchteter

Abstract

This article analyses how asylum claims based on queer sexual orientation or gender identity are negotiated in asylum procedures. Basing my analysis on Judith Butler's concept of heteronormativity, I examine which heteronormative arguments become salient in rejecting or approving asylum claims of LGBTI-refugees. My findings show problems associated with the credibility assessment and the dangers of either essentializing or denying queer identites. Moreover, I address the European Court of Justice's more recent decisions, which overruled demands for discretion, while remaining reticent on social discrimination, as well as veiling the problematics of criminalizing queer practices.