UCLUNA invites Prof. Phillip Ayoub to explore and share insight around the pursuit of equality for those in the LGBTI community - its resistance and challenges - followed by a Q&A session!
While remarkable progress has emerged for the rights of those in the LGBTI community, their journey towards equality has been met with formidable opposition. An increasingly interconnected and globally networked resistance now challenges LGBTI and women's rights, even seeking to reinterpret and co-opt international human rights law. In this session, Prof. Ayoub will draw on aspects discussed in his book with co-author Stoeckl 'In the Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights'. This book investigates this complex landscape, drawing from over a decade of in-depth fieldwork and over 240 interviews with LGBTI activists, anti-LGBTI proponents, and various state and international organisation actors.
About the Guest
Professor Ayoub is a Professor in Political Science, with a specialisation in the politics of gender and sexuality within Europe. His research focuses on bridging international relations and comparative politics, engaging with literature on transnational politics, sexuality and gender, norm diffusion, and the study of social movements. He is the award-winning author of 'When States Come Out: Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility' and co-editor of 'LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe: A Rainbow Europe?'.