The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate
Sexuality is an understated yet increasingly important motive for migration. Motivation to migrate is often viewed from a polarized lens, either as the pursuit of economic security or as a desire to access to human rights, on which social policy on migration has been predicated. We introduce the not...
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| description | Sexuality is an understated yet increasingly important motive for migration. Motivation to migrate is often viewed from a polarized lens, either as the pursuit of economic security or as a desire to access to human rights, on which social policy on migration has been predicated. We introduce the notion of the toxic triangle to account for contexts that prove hostile to freedom of sexuality and trigger individuals to migrate. Drawing on insights from 25 interviews, we demonstrate how sexuality remains a silent yet significant contributor to individuals' decisions to migrate from an adversarial context. We illustrate how the participants fall into four archetypes of dreamers, climbers, escapists, and seekers, based on their endowments and experiences of sexuality and gender identity as salient sources of their motivation to migrate. Focusing on the hidden side of Turkish migration to the UK offers insights into how the pursuit of freedom of sexuality in terms of safety and security shapes motivations and experiences of migration across two cultures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e30136e89644279842e1244526d52752023-01-11T11:50:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752023-01-01710.3389/fsoc.2022.10272681027268The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrateDilvin Dilara Usta0Mustafa F. Ozbilgin1Department of Sociology, University of York, York, United KingdomBrunel Business School, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, London, United KingdomSexuality is an understated yet increasingly important motive for migration. Motivation to migrate is often viewed from a polarized lens, either as the pursuit of economic security or as a desire to access to human rights, on which social policy on migration has been predicated. We introduce the notion of the toxic triangle to account for contexts that prove hostile to freedom of sexuality and trigger individuals to migrate. Drawing on insights from 25 interviews, we demonstrate how sexuality remains a silent yet significant contributor to individuals' decisions to migrate from an adversarial context. We illustrate how the participants fall into four archetypes of dreamers, climbers, escapists, and seekers, based on their endowments and experiences of sexuality and gender identity as salient sources of their motivation to migrate. Focusing on the hidden side of Turkish migration to the UK offers insights into how the pursuit of freedom of sexuality in terms of safety and security shapes motivations and experiences of migration across two cultures.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1027268/fullmigrationsexualityspacesecurityendowmentsTurkish migrants |
| spellingShingle | Dilvin Dilara Usta Mustafa F. Ozbilgin The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate Frontiers in Sociology migration sexuality space security endowments Turkish migrants |
| title | The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate |
| title_full | The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate |
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| title_short | The hidden side of migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate |
| title_sort | hidden side of migration understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate |
| topic | migration sexuality space security endowments Turkish migrants |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1027268/full |
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