LGBTQ+ Europe in 2021: Blog series
26 February 2021
February is LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK. To mark this occasion, we've published three new pieces on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Europe BlogÌýfrom researchers and students working on queer issues in Europe.
Ìý
, ESRC-funded PhD Candidate at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, explores the challenges queer refugees and support organisations have faced in Germany since 2015.
, Final Year Russian Studies Student at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø SSEES, explores how queerness and ideas of European values intersect in Russia
Richard C.M. Mole, Professor of Political Sociology (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø SSEES), researches identity, sexuality, and migration, particularly of queer individuals in Eastern Europe. In this piece, he looks at the experiences of queer Poles leaving their home towns and migrating to Warsaw or elsewhere in Europe, where they can more freely explore or express their sexuality.
Richard Mole’s new Open Access edited volume onÌýÌýwill be published by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Press on 8 March 2021.