The Pink Line: How an LGBTQ revolution is changing the world, with Mark Gevisser

In conversation with Pamela Druckerman

For his new book The Pink Line, journalist Mark Gevisser traveled the globe to discover how LGBTQ equality has emerged as the new human-rights frontier. He’ll tell us about the lessons he learned and the people he met – including a mixed Arab-Jewish couple in Tel Aviv; the Egyptian lesbian couple who came out during the Arab spring; and a group of transgender and non-binary youth in the American heartland. He’ll discuss how the new geopolitics of The Pink Line are playing out in different parts of the world, including in the US presidential campaign.

Mark Gevisser is a South African author and journalist whose previous books include A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream. His journalism and essays have been published in The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Granta and many other publications. He lives in Cape Town.

Pamela Druckerman is the author of five books, including the forthcoming rhyming picture book for children Paris by Phone.