undocuqueer

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adjective

Queer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveundocuqueer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableQueer and having the status of an undocumented immigrant.

    Undocuqueer immigrants ascribe meaning to their experiences by producing alternate subjectivities and subject positions that resist multiple axes of oppression.

    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
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    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.

    2017 November 1, Steven Blum, “How 'Undocuqueer' Immigrants Straddle Two Marginalized Identities”, in Vice
nounundocuqueer (plural undocuqueers)

plural undocuqueers

  1. A queer undocumented immigrant.

    Unzueta’s scheduled testimony showed that from early-on in undocumented immigrant reform and protest, undocuqueers were part of the conversation.

    2021 August 15, Sydney Smith, “Undocumented And Queer: Solutions To Undocuqueer Stress”, in Supportiv

Origin

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APA

undocuqueer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undocuqueer

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undocuqueer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undocuqueer.

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