INVISIBLE EUROPEANS - SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE NEW EUROPE

In this paper I consider issues of transnational sexual citizenship. I examine the issue of international migration of lesbians and gay men. For lesbian and gay prospective migrants, obtaining citizenship right s is difficult owing to the laws affording status being based on blood lines and marriage. This immediately excludes lesbian and gay relation ships, which are generally not recognised for the purpose of obtaining rights of residence. I explore these issues in the context of the dif ferent policies towards the migration of lesbians and gay men in the N etherlands and the United Kingdom.