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What works to support LGBTQ refugees?

As yet, there are no published outcome evaluations of programs or practices specifically for LGBTQ refugees. Existing best practice recommendations are based on stakeholder consensus.

▪ Three separate stakeholder consensus reports all yield similar recommendations for addressing the unique needs of this population. All recommendations revolve around creating a “safe space” through specific practices.

Evidence suggests that young LGBTQ people of immigrant origin may benefit from structured peer support.

▪ Immigrant students in groups where both LGBTQ and immigration issues were discussed felt greater hope and perceived peer validation.

There is a need for implementation and evaluation of programs and practices specifically for LGBTQ refugees.

Post TitleStrength of EvidenceType of StudyDirection of Evidence
Serving LGBTQ immigrants and building welcoming communitiesSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Rainbow Response: A practical guide to resettling LGBT refugees and asylees.SuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
To best support LGBTQ immigrant newcomers: Community dialogue participatory recommendation report.SuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees from a legal and political perspective: Persecution, asylum and integrationSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Benefits for immigrant-origin and nonimmigrant-origin youth of discussing immigration in gender and sexuality alliancesSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Contstructing the personal narratives of lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum claimantsSuggestiveSystematic reviewNo evidence about impact
Demographic characteristics, torture experiences, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among asylum seekers and refugees persecuted for same-sex behaviorsSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
The impact of discrimination on mental health symptomology in sexual minority immigrant LatinasSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Psychological distress, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among lesbian, gay, and bisexual immigrants: Population-based findings from the Stockholm public health cohortSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Queer, beyond a reasonable doubt: Refugee experiences of ‘passing’ into ‘membership of a particular social group’SuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Minority stress, social integration, and the mental health needs of LGBTQ asylum seekers in North AmericaSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
The “particular social group” requirement: How they asylum process is consistently failing LGB applicants and how an evidentiary standard of “self-attestation” can remedy these failuresSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Providing care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants at health centers and clinicsSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Investigating the British asylum system for lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum-seekers: Theoretical and empirical perspectives on fairnessSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Sexual orientation and refugee law: How do legal sanctions criminalizing homosexuality engage the definition of persecution?SuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Fleeing the closet: Inclusive refugee programs and LGBTQ policy in the asylum seeing processSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Seeking asylum: Challenges faced by the LGB communitySuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Queer credibility in the homonation-state: Interrogating the affective impacts of credibility assessments on racialized sexual minority refugee claimantsSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Creating welcoming communities for LGBTQ migrants: Living room-style chats for service providersSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Speak out! Structural intersectionality and anti-oppresive practice with LGBTQ refugees in CanadaSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Serving LGBTQ immigrants and building welcoming communitiesSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Rainbow Response: A practical guide to resettling LGBT refugees and asyleesSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Benefits for immigrant-origin and nonimmigrant-origin youth of discussing immigration in gender and sexuality alliancesSuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact

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