On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, former fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet spoke with trustee Fabrice Houdart about LGBTQ+ activism in Africa, Robbie’s book Love Falls on Us, A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives, and his fellowship in West Africa. With an introduction by former Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford.
Speakers
Robbie Corey-Boulet
AFP correspondent in Ethiopia and author, former ICWA fellow (2013-2015) in Ivory Coast and Cameroon researching LGBTQ+ activism and homophobia.
Fabrice Houdart
ICWA trustee; managing director, Out Leadership; former human rights officer, United Nations Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.
Rufus Gifford
Former US Ambassador to Denmark; deputy campaign manager for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign; former candidate for US Congress in Massachusetts’s 3rd congressional district.
In conjunction with ICWA’s development of the David Mixner LGBTQ+ Fellowship to advance understanding of the challenges facing global LGBTQ+ rights.
Special thanks to Jean-Pierre Comte, CEO of Barilla North America and Kristen Anderson, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of Barilla, Steven Guy, Terrence Meck, and Rob Smith for their generous support of the Mixner Fellowship.
Top photo: Gay Pride in Johannesburg, South Africa (Diricia De Wet Wikimedia Commons)
