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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 19, 2022
Cassidy Chreene Whittle
Communications Officer
School of Literature, Media, and Communication | School of Modern Languages
cwhittle9@gatech.edu
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Mary Kathryn Tippett presented her paper analyzing the recent trend of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees fleeing their homes in French-speaking Africa due to religious and legal backlash.
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Mary Kathryn TippettMary Kathryn Tippett, a Master's student studying Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies (ALIS)-French in the School of Modern Languages, presented her paper “The rise of Homophobia in 21st Century Francophone Africa” at the 11th Annual Romance Languages & Literatures Graduate Conference hosted by the University of Buffalo on April 9, 2022.
In the paper, Tippett analyzes the recent trend of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees fleeing their homes in French-speaking Africa due to religious and legal backlash.
