Analysis: LGBTQ+ Advocacy in the Middle East Backfires

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In a new episode of Babel, we talk to Will Todman about how even well-intentioned Western LGBTQ+ advocacy in the Middle East can have negative consequences for local LGBTQ+ communities.

Lubna Yousef

Lubna Yousef

Former Research Associate, Middle East Program
Will Todman

Will Todman

Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

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