undocuqueer
English
Etymology
Blend of undocumented + queer
Adjective
undocuqueer (not comparable)
- Queer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.
- 2017 November 1, Steven Blum, “How 'Undocuqueer' Immigrants Straddle Two Marginalized Identities”, in Vice:
- 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 themselves.
- 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, volume 65, number 11, DOI:, page 1415:
- Undocuqueer immigrants ascribe meaning to their experiences by producing alternate subjectivities and subject positions that resist multiple axes of oppression.
Noun
undocuqueer (plural undocuqueers)
- A queer undocumented immigrant.
- 2021 August 15, Sydney Smith, “Undocumented And Queer: Solutions To Undocuqueer Stress”, in Supportiv:
- Unzueta’s scheduled testimony showed that from early-on in undocumented immigrant reform and protest, undocuqueers were part of the conversation.