Writing
Writing and press
Essays, op-eds and reports I’ve published since 2023, often with co-authors, along with interviews and coverage of our work and the latest issues of my weekly Substack.
Essays and op-eds
By me
- Sep 2026Development banks had finally got behind LGBTQ+ programs. Now what?Devex
- 2026The changing geopolitics of LGBTQ+ liberationICWA Compass, Institute of Current World Affairs
- Jun 2026The Learned Helplessness of Corporate Pride: How AI Tools Can Finally Hold Companies AccountableInc.
- Jun 2026Pride in a new world orderWashington Blade
- Jan 2026The Greenland lesson for LGBTQ peopleWashington Blade
- Dec 2025Annus horribilis: after the grim revelations of 2025, what next?Erasing 76 Crimes
- Apr 2025Blaming LGBTQ+ people for anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is now all the rageErasing 76 Crimes
- Mar 2025Building LGBTQ power beyond American dependencyWashington Blade
- Oct 2024Nasdaq data encourage firms to remove the lavender ceiling blocking LGBTQ+ executivesLSE Business Review · with Wouter Torsin
- Jul 2024Queer rights: the World Bank must stand firm on UgandaGroundUp · with Frank Mugisha
- Apr 2024Europe heaps praise on Uganda, turns a blind eye to Ugandan repressionErasing 76 Crimes
- Apr 2024The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrorsErasing 76 Crimes
- Dec 2023Closing 2023: a year of the queering of the corporate boardroom in reviewMedium
- Oct 2023What Nasdaq disclosures reveal about LGBTQ+ representation and overall diversity in the boardroomCLS Blue Sky Blog, Columbia Law School · with Wouter Torsin
- Sep 2023LGBTQ+ mass migration is not the solutionMedium
- Sep 2023The Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors marks its first anniversaryMedium
- Jun 2023Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law is an affront to human dignityThe Washington Post
- May 2023Improving queer women’s representation in the boardroomNACD Directorship · with Chiqui Cartagena
- Apr 2023LGBTQ+ board representation: identifying the barriers to entryHarvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance · with Richard Socarides
- Jan 2023Tomorrow: all eyes on the Indian Supreme CourtMedium
Research
Reports
- 2026Global Inclusive Finance Forum 2025 ReportKoppa
- 2026Ring the Bell for LGBTIQ+ Equality 2025 ReportKoppa with UN Human Rights, the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative and the UN Global Compact
- Sep 20242024 LGBTQ+ Board MonitorPRISM
- Dec 202329 key LGBTQ+ appointments in the boardroom in 2023PRISM
- Apr 20232023 LGBTQ+ Board MonitorAssociation of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors (now PRISM)
Every week
Latest from the Substack
- This week: Brazil's mixed verdict, Taipei raids a gay bar, America's third-country deportations, Hegseth's "no weirdos," out directors lose boardroom seats, La Bola Negra, and much more…
- This week: Erdoğan at the UN, Dutch teenagers cool on gay classmates, Pope Leo in France, Ana Brnabić: first lesbian head of state, volleyball player comes out, Artificial […]
- Treating backlash as fate gives us an excuse not to face a triple crisis of imagination, solidarity, and leadership. Our mission remains legitimate, but we must change.
- This week: UNGA shennanigans, Türk’s warning, Turkey’s crackdown widens, Hungary unwinds Orbán, Fiji’s HIV emergency, NYU Langone and UPMC fold, Grindr vs. MISTR at CGI …
- This week: Suffering in Turkey, Equalpride’s board controversy, Father Mychal Judge’s legacy, Chris Gallant’s photoshoot, Bob Mackie dies at 87, The Disappearers, and much more…
- Queer people survived a plague before. That experience is reassuring in the face of the latest existential threat.
Interviews and coverage
In the press
- Jun 2025World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repressionErasing 76 Crimes
- Jun 2025Corporate retreat from Pride raises long-term reputational risksPRovoke Media
- May 2025Global stock exchanges ring the bell for LGBTIQ+ equalityGlobeNewswire
- May 2025Nervous corporate sponsors retreat from New York PrideThe New York Times
- May 2025Corporate sponsors pull back from NYC PrideThe Advocate
- May 2025Equality rings out around the world as stock exchanges stand for LGBTIQ+ inclusionUN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative
- May 2025New stock exchange initiative promotes LGBTQ inclusion in private sectorWashington Blade
- May 2025SF Pride caught in fallout as corporate sponsors retreatAxios San Francisco
- May 2025U.S. companies end Pride sponsorships as anti-DEI pressure mountsAxios
- 2025Pride Summit: PRISM’s Fabrice Houdart on elevating LGBTQ+ voices in the boardroomNYSE TV · Floor Talk
- Oct 2024Just 0.9% of board seats at Fortune 500 companies are held by LGBTQ+ leadersFast Company
- Sep 2024Major companies abandoning an LGBTQ+ rights report cardAssociated Press, via Fortune
- Mar 2024The hidden, anti-LGBTQ+ reason that could punch a hole in the $120 billion chocolate industryFortune
- Oct 2023Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors rings the Nasdaq closing bellNasdaq
- Jul 2023Companies still see LGBTQ+ board representation as ‘frivolous,’ according to a corporate advocateFortune
- Jun 2023Brand accountability in 2023 (podcast)The Shape of Change with Jennifer Brown
- Jun 2023Companies that embraced social issues have second thoughtsThe Wall Street Journal