Dublin LGBTQI+ Refugees & Asylum Seekers Conference
Dublin City University | EROSS | April 9 - April 10, 2021
Plenary 1 | Where Are We Now? An Assessment of Law and Policy in Ireland in Respect of LGBTQI+ Asylum Claims
Dr Patricia Brazil, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Chair: David Carroll, IRC Scholar, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland
Plenary 2 | LGBT People in Direct Provision: An Intersectional Approach
Evgeny Shtorn, Refugee and Activist, Queer Diaspora, Ireland
Chair: Dr Tanya Lokot, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
Plenary 3 | Mapping Homo/Transphobia: The Valorisation of the LGBT Protection Category in the Refugee-Granting System
Dr Calogero Giametta, Université Aix Marseille, France
Chair: Dr Alicia Castillo Villanueva, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland
Interview | Asylum, Between Persecution and Sanctuary?
Bulelani Mfaco, MASI, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, Ireland
With Dr Veronica Crosbie, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland
Panel 1 | Seeking Refuge in a Prejudiced Land - LGBTQ+ Asylum-Seekers in Illiberal Hungary
Dr Zoltán Somogyvári, Senior legal officer, The Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Dr Lilla Hárdi M.D., Medical Director of the Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Hungary
Chair: Dr Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University, Ireland
Panel 2 | Assessing and Assisting Transgender Asylum
Mariza Avgeri, Maynooth University, Ireland & Gillian Brien, BeLonG To, Ireland
Chair:Dr Ernesto del Aguila, University College Dublin, Ireland
Event | Curatorial Walk
Carlos Motta, Artist and Associate Professor, Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, U.S.A.
Moderator: Jean-Philippe Imbert, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland
Event | Discussion: Beyond Bangladesh
Bangladeshi refugees, Melting Point, Paris, France
Moderator: Jean-Philippe Imbert, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland
Event | Roundtable: Access & Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the LGBT Community - Experiences, Challenges & Lessons Learnt
Colette O’Regan, Senior Training & Advocacy Coordinator, LGBT Ireland
Trina Tsai, Youth Officer, Education & Training Board
Diego Caixeta, Outreach Worker, MPower @ HIV Ireland
John Paul O’Brien, MIACP Integrative Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Group Facilitator
Preet Tahul, Safe Space participant and Is Rainbow Muid, LGBT Ireland
Chair: David Carroll, IRC Scholar, SALIS, Dublin City University, Ireland