Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa

dc.contributor.advisorBennet, Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, André Pradoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T10:22:35Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T10:22:35Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research paper aims at analysing the evidentiary hurdles of sexuality-based refugee applications in Cape Town, the so-called gay capital of Africa. Amidst authorities' fear of bogus applicants, asylum-seekers fleeing homophobic persecution in their country of origin have to navigate the burden of proving to the South African state that they are 'truly' gay, despite sexuality's arguably elusive and intangible nature. Drawing from a literature review from fields as diverse as international human rights, queer and critical race theory, postcolonial feminism, and migration studies I start from a macro perspective by analysing the evolution of refugee studies and the emergence of the 'sexual refugee' within the human rights system, going on to explore the implications of such emergence for sexual minorities from the Global South. The study then brings its focus to the regional/local in order to look at the relationship between South Africa and the rest of the continent in terms of LGBT and refugee protection, at which point I trace the directions and encounters of my brief empirical research, dwell on issues of research reflexivity and positionality, and present the data collected through semi-structured interviews with three gay men from Uganda and Zimbabwe who sought asylum in Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFernandes, A. P. (2017). <i>Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27089en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFernandes, André Prado. <i>"Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27089en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFernandes, A. 2017. Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fernandes, André Prado AB - This research paper aims at analysing the evidentiary hurdles of sexuality-based refugee applications in Cape Town, the so-called gay capital of Africa. Amidst authorities' fear of bogus applicants, asylum-seekers fleeing homophobic persecution in their country of origin have to navigate the burden of proving to the South African state that they are 'truly' gay, despite sexuality's arguably elusive and intangible nature. Drawing from a literature review from fields as diverse as international human rights, queer and critical race theory, postcolonial feminism, and migration studies I start from a macro perspective by analysing the evolution of refugee studies and the emergence of the 'sexual refugee' within the human rights system, going on to explore the implications of such emergence for sexual minorities from the Global South. The study then brings its focus to the regional/local in order to look at the relationship between South Africa and the rest of the continent in terms of LGBT and refugee protection, at which point I trace the directions and encounters of my brief empirical research, dwell on issues of research reflexivity and positionality, and present the data collected through semi-structured interviews with three gay men from Uganda and Zimbabwe who sought asylum in Cape Town. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa TI - Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27089 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27089
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFernandes AP. Human rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27089en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleHuman rights for whom? : sexual refugee applications in the 'gay capital' of Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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