Kay Lalor holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for her project, ‘International Relations and LGBTI rights: Conditionality, Diplomacy and Activism’. This research investigates different forms of international pressure used to advance international LGBTI rights across borders and within different cultures and jurisdictions. Her previous work has analyzed the growth and impact of LGBTQ rights language in international legal arenas. She lectures in human rights law at Manchester Metropolitan University.