Ian Lekus

My writing has appeared in numerous outlets over the last 20+ years. Some of my favorite and most-widely circulated pieces include:

• “The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World” (2019)

• “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Our Stories” (2016)

• "PrEP, The Pill, and the Fear of Promiscuity"(2014)

• "Pedal for the Living" (2014)

Selections from my longer catalog of my writing include:

2025

• “CPAC Celebrates the Assault on Democracy” (Council for Global Equality, February 20, 2025)

2024

• “Defending Georgia’s Fragile Dream of Democracy and Inclusion” (Council for Global Equality, September 17, 2024)

• “World Refugee Day ‘24: For a World Where ALL Refugees are Welcomed” (Council for Global Equality, June 20, 2024)

• “Project 2025: A Clear and Present Danger to Democracy” (Council for Global Equality, March 14, 2024)

2023

• “Trade Relations and Human Rights in Central Asia” (Council for Global Equality, November 9, 2023)

• “World Refugee Day: Hope Away from Home” (Council for Global Equality, June 20, 2023)

• “Coming Out in Putin’s Russia: A Conversation with Alexandr Voronov” (Council for Global Equality, May 23, 2023)

2022

• “Towards the Global End to Conversion Therapy Practices” (Council for Global Equality, October 19, 2023)

• “Why Are D.C. Lobbyists Laundering Uzbekistan’s Reputation?” (Council for Global Equality, September 12, 2022)

• “Betraying Our Nation’s Promise of Equal Rights” (Council for Global Equality, June 24, 2022)

• “About Pride, Freedom, and Liberation” (Council for Global Equality, June 1, 2022)

• “Policing Fashion and Freedom in Nigeria” (Council for Global Equality, April 21, 2022; co-written with Stephen Chukwumah)

2019

• “The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World” (The Nation, June 28, 2019)

2016

• “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Our Stories” (NACLA, June 15, 2016); in Spanish: “Quién Vive, Quién Muere, Quién Cuenta Tu Historia” (Anfibia, June 14, 2016).

2015

• "On Your Birthday, You Are Not Forgotten" (Amnesty International USA, December 16. 2015)

• "Do You Remember the Ancient History of HIV/AIDS?" (Aeon, November 26, 2015)

• "Poland: It's Time to Take Hate Crimes Seriously" (Amnesty International USA, September 18, 2015)

• “Democratic Transitions and LGBT Rights: Cuba at the Crossroads” (Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Center for Transatlantic Relations, September 17, 2015)

• "Victory: Marriage Equality is a Right" (Amnesty International USA, June 26, 2015)

• "Obergefell v. Hodges, Marriage Equality, and the Making of Global Queer History" (Nursing Clio, June 15, 2015)

• "The State of LGBT Rights Worldwide" (Amnesty International USA, May 21, 2015)

• "Kazakhstan: Reject Anti-LGBT 'Propaganda' Law" (Amnesty International USA, April 20, 2015)

• "Russia: Defending LGBT Rights is Not 'Propaganda'" (Amnesty International USA, February 9, 2015)

2014

• "PrEP, The Pill, and the Fear of Promiscuity" (Nursing Clio, September 25, 2014)

• "The State of LGBT Rights Around the World" (Amnesty International USA, May 17, 2014)

• "Michael Sam: Coming Up and Out" (The Good Men Project, May 9, 2014)

• "Pedal for the Living" (The Edge of the American West, March 24, 2014)

• "Take Action to Fight Against Nigeria's Anti-LGBT Law" (Amnesty International USA, March 7, 2014)

OLDER

• "Up They Come Again: The Rise of Family Values Politics" (The Ultimate History Project, November 4, 2012)

• "How to Conduct Oral Histories of Your Family Values and Friends" (The Ultimate History Project, June 5, 2012)

• "LGBT Rights/Human Rights" (personal blog, December 20, 2011)

• "We, Together" (remarks delivered at Harvard University Memorial Church, October 12, 2010)