Orientation sexuelle et religion devant le juge de l’asile : intersectionnalité ou cloisonnement des motifs ?

This study analyses the place occupied by the religious element in the processing of asylum applications by homosexuals before the French National Asylum Court. On the basis of the relevant case law and his own experience as an assessor-judge at this court, the author examines whether the judge of asylum adopt (or fail to adopt) an intersectional approach, as in non-discrimination law. It appears that sexual orientation and religion do not come into play at the same level of analysis: one (sexual orientation) is invoked primarily by the applicant as a reason for persecution, while the other (religion) is invoked more by the judge as a factor for analysing the credibility of the story. Is this still, however, intersectionality?