MINEQ-Project’s Published Research
On this page we introduce papers that have been produced within the framework of the MINEQ-project. We provide a small explanation as well as links to pre-prints and published versions of the articles.
From urban to highly urban: Internal migration patterns of sexual minorities in Brazil
Author: Fernanda Fortes de Lena
This paper analyzes the migration patterns of gay men and lesbians in Brazil and seeks to show if they differ from those of heterosexuals. The common understanding is that gay men and lesbians are concentrated in more developed parts of the country especially in major cities. However, in this study, I show that gay men and lesbians migrate mostly to medium-sized cities, as do heterosexuals following the internal migration patterns in recent decades in Brazil. Although, compared to heterosexuals, gay men and lesbians still migrate more to large cities. Therefore, when moving beyond the Global North, the migration patterns of gay men and lesbians differ with an emphasis of flows to medium-sized cities as opposed to concentrating to larger cities like in the Global North. Lastly, the results show that gay men, lesbians and heterosexuals have different migration patterns suggesting that sexuality could be a defining factor in internal migration.
Link to Published Article at Population, Space and Place
Setting a research agenda on sexualityand migration in demographic studies:what emerges from the literature review
Author: Fernanda Fortes de Lena
This article systematically reviews articles published from January 2000 to June 2021, that focus on internal migration and sexuality using quantitative methods and data related to demographic research. Therefore, this article aims to map what has been studied and learned so far in demographic research regarding internal migration of sexual minorities. A second objective is to use the development of studies on sexuality and migration in Brazil as a case study for migration and sexuality in the Global South; from this retrospection I intend to identify where these studies have become stifled in the last decades as well as the gaps to fill in order to establish a research agenda.
Link to Published Article at Rebep
Do same-sex unions dissolve more often than different-sex unions? Methodological insights from Colombian data on sexual behavior
Authors: Fernando Ruiz Vallejo & Diederik Boertien
This article shows how the measure of sexual orientation that is used can have major consequences for conclusions drawn. We show that few differences in terms of separation probabilities are visible between individuals in different-sex and same-sex couples, but that LGB people are more likely to separate than heterosexual people. These differences are more pronounced than in other contexts with less stigma and discrimination that have been previously studied, hinting at the pressures these factors put on the relationships of LGB people.
Link to Open Access Article at Demographic Research
Sexuality and Demographic Change: Documenting Family Formation Trajectories and Cohort Change in the LGB Population
Authors: Ariane Ophir, Diederik Boertien & Sergi Vidal
This article documents how co-residence with children and romantic partners develops across the life course of LGB people in the UK. It is the first to show how the prevalence of different trajectories changed across cohorts. Older cohorts of LGB people mostly lived alone without partner or children, but this is less common for younger cohorts. Across all cohorts around one-third of LGB people had trajectories that involved co-residence with children but these trajectories are less common among younger cohorts of LGB people. It is likely that older cohorts of LGB people often still had children within different-sex relationships. This route is likely to have become less common across cohorts while the uptake of new routes, such as assisted reproduction or adoption, is still relatively limited.
Re-considering Re-partnering: New Insights about Gender and Sexuality in the Study of Second Union Formation
Authors: Ariane Ophir & Diederik Boertien
This paper makes two main contributions: 1) It documents re-partnering patterns among LGB people in the UK; 2) It uses this information to understand how gender shapes relationship outcomes. In the general population (once not distinguishing by sexual orientation) we see that women are less likely to form a new relationship after separation than men. In this article, the authors show that this only holds for heterosexual people: Lesbian women are more likely to repartner than gay men. This observation provokes questions about how relationship dynamics change depending on the gender composition of relationships and the gender of prospective partners in partner search.
Concepts of Sexual and Gender Diversity
An Introduction to Academic Research
This project is financed by the European Research Council (ERC-2020-STG-948557-MINEQ)