Embracing LGBTQ+ Equality in the Boardroom, Redefining Corporate America Twelve months ago, we launched the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors at a dinner hosted by our sponsor, JPMorgan Chase, at their New York headquarters. Here is the speech we delivered on our vision for the Association: Even though our nation has grown to value LGBTQ+ contributions, the corporate boardroom…

India’s highest court holds hearing on same-sex marriage To many, January 6th, 2023 will be the 1st anniversary of the United States Capitol attack. And yet, tomorrow could be a turning point for LGBTQ+ people globally as the Indian Supreme Court starts hearing arguments on the recognition of same-sex marriage…

I like to think of myself as a modern-age Nostradamus: here are 15 predictions for the New Year My 2022 forecast (here) was strangely not bad for once. Granted, some unexpected developments such as the war in Ukraine or Morrison’s defeat in Australia precipitated positive developments I had foreseen. On…

LGBTQ+ people only represent 0.6 percent of all corporate board members in Fortune 500 companies in 2022 (see our tracker here), an increase of only 0.1% over the past 5 years. Until this year, LGBTQ+ people were the only underrepresented group in the Boardroom without an organization to prepare, network…

Madelyn Flores: Fabrice, only 0.6% of board seats are occupied by LGBTQ+ people. When we think about pipeline as well for these positions, only 25% 2 of S&P500 companies even disclose if they have directors who identify as LGBTQ+. …

Radical cultural relativism versus universality of human rights Some in the Muslim world and elsewhere are riled up by what they perceive as the hypocritical Western denunciation of Qatar in the context of the World Cup. “Y’all insisting one wearing the one love band is just disrespectful to the people…

In Qatar, Colorado Springs or across the river When I came out to the first person in my family, my grandmother– finally safe 4,000 miles away from my home — she told me “not to get AIDS”. It was a pretty usual reaction in 2001. …

Before joining the Annual Summit of the National Association of Corporate Directors in Washington this week, we carefully cross-examined the list of participants against the lists of the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors: counting 4 lesbians and 4 gay men (only 3 actual board directors — namely Maggie Fitzpatrick, Romy…

Bros and the quest for the perfect gay movie: an equally neurotic critic When critics called out Matthew Lopez’s “The Inheritance” in its London iteration as not being inclusive enough, my response was: “a work of art is never meant to be everything to anybody”. I should eat my own…