What challenges do we face when building relationships with LGBTQIA+ migrants or, more broadly, with individuals whose sexual orientation or gender identity falls outside normative frameworks?
How inclusive is the acronym LGBTQIA+ in practice? What role do our own positionalities and the language we use play in shaping these interactions? And why, in some contexts, might the term SOGIESC be more appropriate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These questions\u2014emerging from numerous interviews with migrants with non-normative sexualities and gender identities\u2014form the starting point of a new cycle of free online training, structured around three thematic sessions. The training aims to provide practical tools for those working in reception, support, and inclusion services, with a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ and SOGIESC asylum seekers and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The testimonies collected reveal widespread difficulty in accessing spaces and services perceived as truly safe\u2014spaces where individuals are often viewed primarily as victims<\/em> of \"backward\" cultures, rather than as complex, active, and self-aware agents. The training will cover the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can we dismantle these narratives? What biases and normative frameworks do we risk reproducing, even within Western queer spaces?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/strong> Training Schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n