Please join us in Washington, DC at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 13, when returning David Mixner LGBTQ+ Fellow Edric Huang will deliver his end-of-fellowship talk as the institute begins its centenary events.
Edric will discuss the role of LGBTQ+ rights in Taiwan’s democracy, and what the movement’s discourse says about the island’s social and political direction. He spent two years based in Taipei examining how pluralistic identity politics, legal battles and geopolitical pressures are affecting queer communities.
Thursday, November 13
10:00 a.m. ET
Human Rights Campaign
640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
and via Zoom
Edric Huang was David Mixner LGBTQ+ fellow (2023–2025) at the Institute of Current World Affairs, where he examined LGBTQ+ social movements in Taiwan. Previously a Schwarzman scholar, he holds a master’s in global affairs from Tsinghua University and a bachelor’s in anthropology and creative writing from Princeton University. After his fellowship, Edric joined Grindr for Equality, Grindr’s social impact arm, to lead a portfolio of LGBTQ+ health and human rights grants and programs across the Asia-Pacific region.
