LGBT+ migrants’ paths to Chile: intersectional violence and citizenship

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, nº. 133
Publication date: 04/2023
Author:
Caterine Galaz, Fernanda Stang and Antonia Lara
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 Caterine Galaz, académica, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile, y coordinadora del «Núcleo de Diversidad y Género: abordajes feministas interseccionales», de la misma universidad. cgalazvalderrama@uchile.cl. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-7609

Fernanda Stang, académica, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Chile. fstang@ucsh.cl. ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-3024

Antonia Lara, académica, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Chile. alara@ucsh.cl. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3530-4763

This paper analyses the backgrounds of LGBT+ migrants living in Chile, and considers the various types of violence they experience at the intersection of vectors of differentiation: national origin, sexual orientation–gender identity and socioeconomic position, as well as markers of ethnicity and racialisation. The results show that many LGBT+ migrants leave their place of origin not only because of social and economic factors, but also due to the discrimination and violence they experience due to their sexual or gender identity, which is known as sexile. These forms of violence occur throughout their migrant experience in ways that vary but are nevertheless constant. In the context of migrant reception in Chile, the presence of these people poses a double threat to the State’s hetero(cis)patriarchal order, on the one hand, and the national order, on the other, straining the conventional idea of ​​citizenship.

Keywords: Chile, migration, sexual diversity, LGBT+, citizenship, violence

How to cite this article: Galaz, Caterine; Stang, Fernanda y Lara, Antonia. «Trayectorias de migrantes LGTB+ hacia Chile: violencias interseccionales y ciudadanía». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 133 (abril de 2023), p. 65-89. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.65

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 133, p. 65-89
Quadrimestral (January-April 2023)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.65

Reception date: 05.09.22  ; Acceptance date:  28.01.23

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