Lamya H.: Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

UK 2023, 284 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
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When 14-year-old Lamya realizes she has a crush on her teacher - her female teacher - she covers up her attraction, an attraction she can't yet name, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown. Born in South Asia, she moved to the Middle East at a young age and has spent years feeling out of place, like ... Weiterlesen

Rabih Alameddine: The Wrong End of the Telescope

UK 2021, 354 pp., brochure, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Little Brown
Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife ... Weiterlesen

Jenn Matthews: Reasons to Heal

D 2020, 225 pp., brochure, € 16.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Ylva Verlag
English police constable Molly Blue is devastated when an assault forces her to endure weeks of therapy and disrupts her promising career. The cute physiotherapist getting her back on her feet is an intriguing distraction at least. Physiotherapist Kudzi Mufaro is a bold, confident woman in every area of her life except one. She hasn't told her Zimbabwean parents she's ... Weiterlesen

Wim Peumans: Queer Muslims in Europe : Sexuality, Religion and Migration in Belgium

GB 2019, 304 pp., pb., € 49.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
I.B. Tauris
Belgium was the second country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage. It has an elaborate legal system for protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual individuals in general and queer asylum seekers in particular. At the same time, since 2015 the country has become known as the »jihadi centre of Europe« and criticized for its »homonationalism« where ... Weiterlesen

Elizabeth Day: Paradise City

UK 2015, 354 pp., brochure, € 13.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Harper Collins
Beatrice Kizza, a lesbian woman who fled Uganda where homosexuality is illegal, comes to London. There, she shields her sorrow from the indifference of her adopted city, and navigates a night-time world of shift-work and bedsits. Howard Pink is a self-made millionaire who has risen to the mansions of Kensington on a tide of determination and bluster. Carol Hetherington, recently ... Weiterlesen

Thomas Spijkerboer: Fleeing Homophobia

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum. UK 2015, 264 pp., brochure, € 59.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Routledge
Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU member states. This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to the topic, the book identifies and analyzes the main legal issues arising in relation to LGBTI people seeking asylum including: the underestimation of ... Weiterlesen

Jan Dunn (R): Gypo

UK 2007, OF, engl. UT, 100 Min., € 17.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
British drama documenting the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence: Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change; while Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is ... Weiterlesen

Elana Dykewomon: Beyond the Pale

USA 2008, 406 pp., brochure, € 29.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Set in the early 20th century, this classic follows the lives of Chava and Gutke, two women born in a Russian-Jewish settlement who ultimately immigrate to New York's Lower East Side with its teeming crowds, its sweatshops, the Henry Street Settlement House, and events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. Chava becomes active in the Women's League and is confronted ... Weiterlesen