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)
On video
Conversations
Interviews I have hosted with people who shaped, and are still shaping, our movement.
On video
From the archive
Clips from my years at the World Bank and the UN Human Rights Office, and from the stage.
Every week
Latest from the Substack
- As AI reshuffles the deck, companies will increasingly need to acquire a “social license to operate”. That gives LGBTQ+ people an opening to put economic inclusion back on […]
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- A party promoter, a surprise son, and lessons from the dance floor
- This week: the Dutch PM's baby, France at the UN, NHS ward rules, the gayest Congress ever (maybe), Chick-fil-A, Grindr, Coward, Club Kid and much more…
- Elsinore, the best little boy in the world, and what we do with our time.
- This week: Hungary, Senegal’s crackdown, UN experts on Turkey, PRISM at the NACD, Norway and Grindr data, Meta and anti-LGBTQ+ creators, NewFest, Elsinore and much more…
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