undocuqueer
undocuqueer adjective: queer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.
Adjective
undocuqueer (not comparable)
- Queer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.
- In a study released last month, Cisneros interviewed 31 undocuqueer immigrants to unearth how they navigate being both undocumented and LGBTQ; many said they didn't feel fully embraced by either community, meaning they've had to create their own communities and define their identities for...2017 November 1, Steven Blum, “How 'Undocuqueer' Immigrants Straddle Two Marginalized Identities”, in Vice
- Undocuqueer immigrants ascribe meaning to their experiences by producing alternate subjectivities and subject positions that resist multiple axes of oppression.2018, Jesus Cisneros, “Working with the Complexity and Refusing to Simplify: Undocuqueer Meaning Making at the Intersection of LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Discourses”, in Journal of Homosexuality...
Noun
undocuqueer (plural undocuqueers)
- A queer undocumented immigrant.
- Unzueta’s scheduled testimony showed that from early-on in undocumented immigrant reform and protest, undocuqueers were part of the conversation.2021 August 15, Sydney Smith, “Undocumented And Queer: Solutions To Undocuqueer Stress”, in Supportiv
Forms of undocuqueer
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Origin of undocuqueer
Blend of undocumented + queer.
Questions about undocuqueer
- What does undocuqueer mean?
- Undocuqueer means queer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.
- What part of speech is undocuqueer?
- Undocuqueer can be an adjective or a noun.
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