Authors:

Siba Mohanty, M. Geeta

Abstract:

COVID-19 pandemic has made its disastrous impact on every individual of the world, it has destroyed many lives. It has created a state of emergency in the whole of the world, to protect lives thus countries decided to implement lockdown in spite of its terrible effect on the economy and financial growth of the country. On the one side, lockdown has controlled, to some extent, the transmission of Corona virus, whereas on the other side, it has created anxious as well as horrible situations among migrants or immigrants stuck in various places and countries. Marginalised individuals, groups and communities such as LGBTQ community have faced various problems in health care centres, jobs, in their host countries or places, in their return migration and even in their own families during the pandemic. Indian LGBTQ community in US has also faced discrimination in health care centres, jobs, etc. during the pandemic and lockdown. The paper makes an attempt to study and analyse the impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown on LGBTQ (Im)migrants with a focus on Indo-American LGBTQ community.

Keywords:

COVID-19, Queer Migrants, Indo-American LGBTQ Diaspora, Discrimination, Government of India.

Vol & Issue:

VOL.13, ISSUE No.2, June 2021