Lotte Wolff

Lotte Wolff has received an MA in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has conducted research on LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in both the Netherlands and Australia, combining queer theory with an interdisciplinary analysis of domestic migration policies and practices. She is particularly interested in the intersections of colonial history, postcolonial, gender and queer theory, and migration governance.

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Polity of Literature (Addendum)

How the State Reads Queer Refugees

Written by Lotte Wolff, Excerpts selected by Matthew Stadler, and Illustrated by Ken Krimstein

This addendum to the 10th piece in the Polity of Literature series describes the unique challenges of queer refugees telling their stories to bureaucrats who do not understand them.