“How Can You Put This All Down in One Story?” Transgender Refugees’ Experiences of Forced Migration, Border Crossings, and the Asylum Process in Canada Through Oral History and Photovoice

Research on asylum experiences for sexual and gender minority refugees has increased within the past decade. However, even this growing body of research critical commentary, voices or transgender (trans) their particular navigating migration processes can sometimes be overlooked lost larger subject queer refugee experiences. Understanding individual trans help scholars to further understand how identity orientation are regulated in settlement. This article focuses narratives photovoice two Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Canada offered them relief from state social persecution they were experiencing countries origin. Yet, also experienced hyper-regulation by Canadian that caused detained interrogated Border Services Agency (CBSA) as well fear silencing hearings Immigration Refugee Board (IRB) Canada’s. Their reveal individuals both hyper-regulated marginalized immigration These government work reinforce heteronormativity binary which seekers marginalized.