This article problematises protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in contexts of state-condoned persecution against this group. Based on ethnographic evidence from Kampala, Uganda, we draw attention to the homogenising tendencies of centralised protection systems in cities in the global south, which are primarily centred on nationality-based communities. We examine the processes of social exclusion that limit the involvement of LGBTI refugees from the Great Lakes Region in such communities, de facto placing them outside the parameters of institutional refugee protection. We then focus on their relational experiences of protection and safety within the office of an LGBTI support group in Kampala and argue for a micro-level approach that considers how LGBTI refugee protection is grounded in the geopolitics of the everyday. Our findings underscore the limitations of institutional policy and practice, which continues to overlook the protection gap that exists for LGBTI persons within the refugee population in Uganda. In order to remedy this protection gap, we suggest that a critical reconsideration is needed of the participatory spaces and cooperation between LGBTI refugee-led advocates and refugee serving institutions and decision-makers.

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重新思考乌干达坎帕拉 LGBTI 难民的保护：一种基于关系的、基于信任的方法

本文将在国家纵容对这一群体的迫害的背景下，对女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和双性 (LGBTI) 难民的保护提出问题。基于来自乌干达坎帕拉的民族志证据，我们提请注意全球南方城市集中保护系统的同质化趋势，主要集中在基于民族的社区。我们研究了限制来自五大湖地区的 LGBTI 难民参与此类社区的社会排斥过程，事实上将他们置于机构难民保护的范围之外。然后，我们关注他们在坎帕拉 LGBTI 支持小组办公室内的保护和安全相关经验，并主张采用一种微观层面的方法，考虑 LGBTI 难民保护如何以日常地缘政治为基础。我们的研究结果强调了制度政策和实践的局限性，这继续忽视了乌干达难民人口中 LGBTI 人群存在的保护差距。为了弥补这一保护差距，我们建议需要重新考虑以 LGBTI 难民为主导的倡导者与难民服务机构和决策者之间的参与空间和合作。这继续忽视乌干达难民人口中对 LGBTI 人的保护差距。为了弥补这一保护差距，我们建议需要重新考虑以 LGBTI 难民为主导的倡导者与难民服务机构和决策者之间的参与空间和合作。这继续忽视乌干达难民人口中对 LGBTI 人的保护差距。为了弥补这一保护差距，我们建议需要重新考虑以 LGBTI 难民为主导的倡导者与难民服务机构和决策者之间的参与空间和合作。