International Dir @WilliamsPolicy. LGBTI politics, human rights. PhD @Northwestern. @CFR_org Term Mbr. @TrumanProject Fellow. Tweets my own. (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Proud to share our new report from @WilliamsPolicy on "Democratic Backsliding and LGBTI Acceptance"
With Andrew Flores and @MiguelFuca we find evidence that attacks on #LGBTI people can be a canary in the coalmine signaling deeper erosion of dem norms and practices.
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Our new study shows countries that are highly accepting of LGBTI people tend to have high levels of liberal democracy, higher GDP per capita, and larger populations living in urban areas. https://t.co/7Be63zQMDp
@AstraeaUpdates@ArcusLGBT@sida@FandMcollege@GAC_Corporate
In today’s #MustRead, @arimshaw argues that attacks on LGBTQ rights are part of a larger assault on democracy—authoritarians use anti-LGBTQ sentiment to gain power and erode institutions, making LGBTQ rights central to the fight for democracy. @ForeignAffairs
https://t.co/XYvrt4Hh4D
Read @arimshaw on how authoritarians can consolidate power by undermining LGBTQ rights—and how the Trump administration has made “these rights more fragile around the world.”
https://t.co/fb6VGXDeCt
🎙️This week, @arimshaw spoke with @CNN about his latest piece for The World Today, exploring how rising attacks on LGBT rights around the world are tied to democratic backsliding.
📖 Read the story: https://t.co/E972ThMdDg
📺Watch the interview: https://t.co/knWERY9e8O
This Pride month, @ChathamHouse is hosting an event about how platforms can better protect minority groups online. 🏳️🌈
Our recent story by @arimshaw sets the stage for some of these conversations around global erosions of minority rights. Read here > https://t.co/jbA0ETHKPg
Con mi colega @arimshaw escribimos sobre el uso del derecho internacional para la expansión de los derechos LGBTIQ+ en Colombia y las implicaciones para América Latina. Si lo quieren leer y no tienen acceso me pueden escribir a mensaje directo. https://t.co/GaHUYcDzVe
ILGA World and @GPP_Updates are seeking applications from eligible organisations to submit expressions of interest for the Regional Lead Organisation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the LGBTI Pathways Project. Read more: https://t.co/JH1iXPqESg
🏳️🌈 What is it like to pursue a career in academia researching LGBTQ+ politics?
🗣 We met @Phillip_Ayoub, a well-known researcher in the field and currently a professor at University College London.
🎙️ Reporter: @enriqueanarte in Berlin.
Only a couple of events this week so be sure to check them out!
8/28- @Phillip_Ayoub discusses The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights w/ @arimshaw
8/29- Patrick Canning discusses For Your Benefit w/ @EmmyLaybourne
Both events at 7pm!
More details at https://t.co/1P6qLfq8KX
‼️Mainland Chinese respondents in new @WilliamsPolicy survey (n=2926) showed high levels of acceptance of LGBTQ ppl: https://t.co/2gcUym7SLs. 52% of respondents “agreed” & 37% “somewhat agreed” w/ legalizing same-sex marriage. Similar %s were accepting of same-sex parents🧵
In light of substantial government restrictions on LGTBQ civil society over the past decade, we hope this brings new evidence of broader public support for LGBTQ rights in China that diverges from government policy and actions.
Pleased to share a new report by @WilliamsPolicy and @ilanmeyer that finds a majority surveyed from mainland China agree that LGBTQ people should be accepted by society, able to marry, treated fairly at work, and free from bullying at school.
https://t.co/zhy2TSP1gl
Important new piece from @_kvelasco@NancyYunTang @BaralSiddhartha on reframing the link btwn democracy and LGBT rights. “Rather than seeing LGBT+ rights as the consequence of liberal democracy, we need to see…LGBT+ rights AS democracy.”
We were so excited to have our Development Director Jason Rizzi and Senior Fellow and Director of International Programs @arimshaw representing the Williams Institute at the White House 2024 Pride Celebration yesterday.
Queer Communities Brace for Supercharged Hurricane Season
Thanks to @AtmosMag for chatting with me about our work @WilliamsPolicy and the urgency of climate change as it impacts #LGBTQ+ communities https://t.co/92RJyiZ0Am
Out now at @NYUpress, @StoecklKristina and I are happy to share our new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" https://t.co/9Oms9QF7CN A decade in the making, it offers in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights—and how the LGBTI movement responds to it.