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Dear Richard,

You could try to post it maybe on the Facebook page of CEU Gender Studies,
or get in touch with somebody working there.

Best Wishes,
Zita (Farkas)

On 16 March 2012 14:51, Richard C M Mole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> My name is Richard Mole and I am a researcher working at UCL in the UK. I
> am currently conducting a research project on migration by LGBT
> individuals from five CEE states (Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia and
> Serbia) to London or Berlin. If you are originally from one of these
> states and have migrated to London or Berlin, could I ask you please to
> take 10 minutes to complete a questionnaire that you will find on this
> website:
>
> www.ucl.ac.uk/gay-migration/
>
> If you could recommend any other channels through which I could advertise
> the questionnaire, I'd be very grateful if you could let me know. The aims
> of the project are summarised below.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Richard Mole
>
> _____________________
> Dr Richard C. M. Mole
> Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology
> School of Slavonic and East European Studies
> University College London, Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT
>
>
> GAY MIGRATION TO LONDON AND BERLIN
> The aim of the project is to understand the experience of LGBT individuals
> from Latin America or five Central and East European states (Latvia,
> Poland, Romania, Russia or Serbia) who have migrated to Berlin or London.
> I want to find out whether LGBT migrants enjoy specific advantages or face
> specific disadvantages compared with heterosexual migrants in obtaining
> visas or residence permits for themselves and/or their partners, finding
> work, accessing social welfare, feeling integrated in German/UK society,
> maintaining their cultural identity.
>
> Before or after moving to a new country, migrants often make contact with
> members of their own national group who are already living there. New
> migrants may contact extended family members, friends of friends, cultural
> centres, Saturday schools, churches, etc., in order to receive assistance
> in getting into the country, finding accommodation or employment or
> maintaining their national culture and identity. I therefore want to find
> out whether LGBT migrants also make use of these national networks or
> whether they find alternative sources of support – perhaps from the LGBT
> community.
>