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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">The dataset is based on a pilot project about queer family migration.  The project is qualitative and interview-based; 17 interviews were collected with participants based in the UK; Italy; Turkey; Germany. Participants included representatives of LGBTQIA+ organisations; migrant organisations; human rights organisations; immigration lawyers. &#13;
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Queer family migration is a topic we know very little about: the vast literature on marriage and family migration focuses on heterosexual kinship, while queer migration literature is typically centred on individual queer mobilities, and rarely looks at queer couples or families. The landscape of LGBTQIA+ family rights across Europe remains very uneven. Some European countries recognise marriage equality; a subgroup allow legal access to ART (artificial reproductive technologies) and adoption; some have introduced partnerships for same-sex couples with limited rights attached; very few recognise trans parenthood. &#13;
This small-scale, pilot study, funded by internal Sociological and Cultural Studies Division funds, will explore how uneven geographical access to LGBTQIA+ family rights shapes mobility patterns and experiences for queer couples and families migrating internationally. The study will focus on the legal landscape and work of LGBTQIA+ organisations around this area in three European countries with very different legal landscapes around LGBTQIA+ rights and migration policies: the UK, Italy and Turkey. While the project is based on a comparison between these different national contexts, it is a pilot project which is exploratory in nature. We also reached out to relevant organisations based in other European countries, and interviewed a representative of a Germany-based organisation.&#13;
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The study is qualitative in nature and its objectives are as follows:&#13;
•	To map the legal landscape around LGBTQIA+ rights, and how it interfaces with migration policies, for each of the three countries involved and at EU level. &#13;
•	To explore the issues faced by queer couples and families who have to navigate migration status for one or more partner(s)/family member(s) by engaging with relevant LGBTQIA+/migrant/ human rights organisations and/or migration lawyers.</abstract>
