Out now at NYU Press, postsecular_conflicts and I are happy to share our new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" nyupress.org/9781479824793/… 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.

Queer Communities Brace for Supercharged Hurricane Season Thanks to ⁦Atmos⁩ for chatting with me about our work ⁦Williams Institute⁩ and the urgency of climate change as it impacts #LGBTQ+ communities atmos.earth/queer-communit…

We were so excited to have our Development Director Jason Rizzi and Senior Fellow and Director of International Programs Ari Shaw representing the Williams Institute at the White House 2024 Pride Celebration yesterday.

Important new piece from Kristopher Velasco Nancy 韵 @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.”

‼️Mainland Chinese respondents in new Williams Institute survey (n=2926) showed high levels of acceptance of LGBTQ ppl: williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/l…. 52% of respondents “agreed” & 37% “somewhat agreed” w/ legalizing same-sex marriage. Similar %s were accepting of same-sex parents🧵

Williams Institute COPRED CDMX Dr. Miguel Fuentes INEGI INFORMA 🚨¡Lanzamos con el Williams Institute y el acompañamiento de INEGI INFORMA, el 1er informe estadísticamente representativo de personas no binarias en México! 📊💛🤍💜🖤 Gracias Canal Catorce por amplificar estos datos‼️ 🙏 Julieta Brambila Ari Shaw Dr. Miguel Fuentes x.com/canalcatorcemx…

Coming up this Thursday:

Only a couple of events this week so be sure to check them out! 8/28- Phillip Ayoub on BlueSky @payoub.bsky.social discusses The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights w/ Ari Shaw 8/29- Patrick Canning discusses For Your Benefit w/ Molly Both events at 7pm! More details at booksoup.com/event

🏳️‍🌈 What is it like to pursue a career in academia researching LGBTQ+ politics? 🗣 We met Phillip Ayoub on BlueSky @payoub.bsky.social, a well-known researcher in the field and currently a professor at University College London. 🎙️ Reporter: Enrique Anarte (he/him) in Berlin.

ILGA World and GPP 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: ilga.org/vacancies/tor-…

EVENT | How can we create a world where #LGBTI+ people are fully included? 🌐 Join us for the live launch of the World Bank's 2nd Equality of Opportunity report from 64 countries on eliminating discriminatory policies. Sign up now and mark your calendar: wrld.bg/1H5I50TghVu

Making the move to Bluesky. Follow me there Ari Shaw.bsky.social

Con mi colega Ari Shaw 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. academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

This Pride month, Chatham House is hosting an event about how platforms can better protect minority groups online. 🏳️‍🌈 Our recent story by Ari Shaw sets the stage for some of these conversations around global erosions of minority rights. Read here > chathamhouse.org/publications/t…

🎙️This week, Ari Shaw 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: chathamhouse.org/publications/t… 📺Watch the interview: edition.cnn.com/2025/07/04/Tv/…

Read Ari Shaw on how authoritarians can consolidate power by undermining LGBTQ rights—and how the Trump administration has made “these rights more fragile around the world.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

In today’s #MustRead, Ari Shaw 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. Foreign Affairs