Queerness, Sex Work, and Refugee Status in Nairobi: A conversation with Queer Sex Workers Initiative for Refugees

Subha Wijesiriwardena

doi:10.14197/atr.2012221911

Queerness, Sex Work, and Refugee Status in Nairobi: A conversation with Queer Sex Workers Initiative for Refugees

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Subha Wijesiriwardena

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https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.2012221911

Abstract

In this interview, the author speaks with Queer Sex Workers Initiative for Refugees: a Nairobi-based grassroots service-provision and advocacy group formed by queer refugees in Kenya who are engaged in sex work. The interview explores the question of how queer identity experiences interact with the policing of borders, labour issues, and refugee status. It teases out the ramifications of the compounding factors of migration and criminalisation of sex work and gender diversity, across borders, to show how these produce discrimination, loss of livelihood, and vulnerability to violence.

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Subha Wijesiriwardena

Subha Wijesiriwardena is a Manager of Programs at CREA, a global feminist human rights organisation led by feminists in the Global South. CREA is dedicated to amplifying and working with movements who have historically been excluded from mainstream feminist organising, namely, movements led by sex workers, LGBTI people, and women and people with disabilities. Subha holds a degree in Communication Studies from the University of Bangalore and has worked as an activist and a researcher on gender, sexuality, and digital rights in Sri Lanka and South Asia.

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27-09-2022

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Wijesiriwardena, S. (2022). Queerness, Sex Work, and Refugee Status in Nairobi: A conversation with Queer Sex Workers Initiative for Refugees . Anti-Trafficking Review, (19), 134–140. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.2012221911

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No. 19 (2022): Special Issue – Migration, Sexuality, and Gender Identity

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