Paper short abstract:

This paper analyses the intersection between sexual orientation and displacement in Uganda, focusing on LGBTQIA+ community members who are IDPs. We argue that the 'internal othering' of LGBTQIA+ individuals in Uganda has ultimately made them more susceptible, and yet 'too poor', to becoming IDP.

Paper long abstract:

This paper analyses the impact of the intersection between sexual orientation and displacement in Uganda, focusing on LGBTQIA+ community members who are Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). Using McCall's three dimensions of the intersectional approach (anticategory, intercategory and intracategory), we argue that the 'internal othering' of LGBTQIA+ individuals in Uganda has ultimately made these individuals more susceptible, and yet 'too poor', to becoming IDP. To examine the lack of protection that homophobia in Uganda renders to LGBTQIA+ individuals, especially IDPs, we analyse the impact of the pandemic outbreak and its restrictions orders and how these were used to target shelters that serve LGBTQIA+ community members in Uganda, while examining historical developments which have contributed to the 'internal othering' of LGBTQIA+ individuals' human rights and ability to seek refuge from persecution.