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The intersection of inclusive same-sex marriage rights and restrictive marriage migration policies creates unique tensions that require bridging family migration research and queer migration studies to fully understand how LGBTQI+ families navigate cross-border migration. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To examine the institutional tensions arising between the expansion of same-sex marriage rights and increasingly restrictive marriage migration regulations across borders.

September 2, 2026Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Same-sex marriage and migration: politics of belonging, state regulations, and new ways of doing family across borders

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SBSaskia BonjourLeiden University AAApostolos AndrikopoulosUniversity College London

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Review uncovers regulatory tensions in cross-border same-sex couples, highlighting conflicts between expanding LGBTQI+ marriage equality and increasingly restrictive migration policies.

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To examine the institutional tensions arising between the expansion of same-sex marriage rights and increasingly restrictive marriage migration regulations across borders.
Conducted a conceptual synthesis bringing family migration scholarship and queer migration studies into dialogue.
Analyzed legal and policy contradictions between domestic LGBTQI+ inclusion and exclusionary migration frameworks.
Synthesized empirical and theoretical insights from contributed studies across transnational contexts.
Demonstrated that progressive domestic legal recognition of same-sex marriage directly clashes with state-level restrictive immigration policies.
Identified critical conceptual limitations in existing scholarship, noting pervasive heteronormative biases in family migration studies and an underemphasis on family relationality in queer migration research.

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Bonjour et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e20ec562ede874ec60a6 https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2026.2708437

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Review uncovers regulatory tensions in cross-border same-sex couples, highlighting conflicts between expanding LGBTQI+ marriage equality and increasingly restrictive migration policies.

Same-sex marriage and migration: politics of belonging, state regulations, and new ways of doing family across borders

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Same-sex marriage and migration: politics of belonging, state regulations, and new ways of doing family across borders

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