The Common Press are excited to host the launch of The Queer Politics of Pride: Global LGBTQ+ Activism and Homocapitalism by author Dr Daniel Conway. Join us for the launch of the first book to explore the queer politics of LGBTQ+ Pride in global terms, exploring the impacts, controversies, and potential of Pride across the world.
The evening will include a discussion with Dr Daniel Conway and activists / grassroots organisations., Wiggy (London Trans+ Pride), Sharan Dhaliwal (Middlesex Pride), Olimpia Burchiellaro (Save the Joiners Arms Campaign ) and Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir (Host / The Common Press).
13 November from 19:00 - 21:00
A stunning, enlightening and vast deep dive into how diverse global movements are fueling the masses to live with Pride with integrity and passion - and to stop the dismantling of this revolution that we hold so dear. Daniel Conway is an LGBTQIA+ luminary the world needs right now." --Dan Glass, ACT UP activist and Author
About The Book
Conway's vital ethnography challenges the universalizing narratives of Pride, revealing the complex, locally rooted forms of queer resistance and belonging that flourish across the Global South." -Petrus Liu, Boston University, USA
Drawing from extensive fieldwork in South Africa, South and East Asia, Cuba and New York, The Queer Politics of Pride explores and conceptualises the contemporary politics of LGBTQ+ Pride and queer activism in global contexts. Building on critical queer scholarship, the book includes the perspectives and critiques of grassroots queer activists and applies contemporary social, political and international theory to conceptualise Pride as part of the global processes of capitalism and the socio-political and spatial dynamics of gentrification.
By exploring the politics and controversies of Pride, Conway addresses broader questions about the contemporary LGBTQ+ advocacy movement including the influence and place of corporate sponsorship and advocacy, relationship with state and international institutions and the rise of an LGBTQ+ global elite.
About Daniel Conway (Author)
Daniel Conway is Reader in Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK and a Research Associate at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He has published extensively on LGBTQ+ activism and South African politics and society. He is the author of Migration, Space and Transnational Identities: The British in South Africa (with Pauline Leonard, 2014) and Masculinities, Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in Apartheid South Africa, (2012). Conway is a previous chair of the Feminist Theory and Gender Section of the International Studies Association.
About Sharan Dhaliwal (Middlesex Pride)
Sharan Dhaliwal (she/her) is the founder of Burnt Roti magazine and Middlesex Pride. She is a freelance journalist, commissioning editor, and activist, concentrating on politics, immigration and race. She was named on BBC 100 Women 2019, DIVA Power List 2022 and 2023, featured on the cover of Attitude magazine, front page of the Guardian. She was nominated for Broadcast, Journalist or Host at the British LGBT Awards in 2023 and Ethnicity Awards 2025. Her debut book Burning My Roti was published in 2022.
About Wiggy (London Trans+ Pride)
Miggy is a disabled queer performer, writer and activist. They have been a member of the London Trans Pride team for 3 years specifically working on the access of our yearly event. Outside of LTP they of a drag King and clown, creating art around disability, queerness and solidarity.
About
Olimpia Burchiellaro (she/her) is an anthropologist and senior lecturer at the University of Essex, teaching ethnographic methods, social economies, and community organizing. Her research focuses on queer political economy, LGBTQ+ activism, gentrification, and homocapitalism, with fieldwork in cities including London, São Paulo, Nairobi, and Buenos Aires. She is the author of The Gentrification of Queer Activism and serves on leadership roles in the ISA LGBTQA Caucus and community cooperative projects.
About Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir (Host / The Common Press)
Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir is a queer social entrepreneur dedicated to building inclusive, social justice-driven communities through travel, spaces, and advocacy. She is a Director at The Common Press, Founder of LGBTQ+ Travel & Nightlife Company Moonlight Experiences and Head of Community Engagement at UK Black Pride. Aisha’s work is rooted in equity and focused on creating resources globally for queers and BIPOC voices to thrive culturally, socially, and economically.
Event information
- Doors opens at 7pm
- Discussion from 7:15pm - 8:00 pm
- Networki, Signings and book sales until 9pm
The Common Press is wheelchair accessible.