Kyle Knight

Former Associate Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Articles

May 15, 2024 Commentary

When Laws Fail to Protect Trans People, Harmful Medicalized Norms Creep In
April 24, 2024 Dispatches

Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy
April 4, 2024 Dispatches

United Nations Passes Groundbreaking Intersex Rights Resolution
December 14, 2023 Commentary

Did Nepal Achieve Marriage Equality? Not Quite Yet
November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Nepal Registers Same-Sex Marriage – A First
October 31, 2023 Commentary

COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation
October 25, 2023 Dispatches

Victory for Transgender Rights in Japan
October 16, 2023 Dispatches

Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization
October 10, 2023 Dispatches

Nepal Courts Refuse to Register Same-Sex Marriages
September 8, 2023 Dispatches

Court Rules Bulgaria Must Recognize Same-Sex Relationships

Reports

February 15, 2024

“We Have to Beg So Many People”

Human Rights Violations in Nepal’s Legal Gender Recognition Practices
December 15, 2021

“People Can’t Be Fit into Boxes”

Thailand’s Need for Legal Gender Recognition
May 25, 2021

“The Law Undermines Dignity”

Momentum to Revise Japan’s Legal Gender Recognition Process
March 4, 2021

Future Choices

Charting an Equitable Exit from the Covid-19 Pandemic
December 4, 2020

“They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport”

Human Rights Violations in Sex Testing of Elite Women Athletes
February 12, 2020

“My Teacher Said I Had a Disease”

Barriers to the Right to Education for LGBT Youth in Vietnam
March 19, 2019

“A Really High Hurdle”

Japan’s Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process
December 11, 2018

No Support

Russia’s “Gay Propaganda” Law Imperils LGBT Youth
July 1, 2018

“Scared in Public and Now No Privacy”

Human Rights and Public Health Impacts of Indonesia’s Anti-LGBT Moral Panic
October 26, 2017

A Changing Paradigm

US Medical Provider Discomfort with Intersex Care Practices
July 25, 2017

“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me”

Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US
December 23, 2016

“I Want to Live With My Head Held High”

Abuses in Bangladesh’s Legal Recognition of Hijras
August 10, 2016

“These Political Games Ruin Our Lives”

Indonesia’s LGBT Community Under Threat
May 5, 2016

“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”

LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools
July 23, 2015

“That’s When I Realized I Was Nobody”

A Climate of Fear for LGBT People in Kazakhstan

Kyle Knight

Articles

When Laws Fail to Protect Trans People, Harmful Medicalized Norms Creep In

Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy

United Nations Passes Groundbreaking Intersex Rights Resolution

Did Nepal Achieve Marriage Equality? Not Quite Yet

Nepal Registers Same-Sex Marriage – A First

COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation

Victory for Transgender Rights in Japan

Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization

Nepal Courts Refuse to Register Same-Sex Marriages

Court Rules Bulgaria Must Recognize Same-Sex Relationships

Reports

“We Have to Beg So Many People”

“People Can’t Be Fit into Boxes”

“The Law Undermines Dignity”

Future Choices

“They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport”

“My Teacher Said I Had a Disease”

“A Really High Hurdle”

No Support

“Scared in Public and Now No Privacy”

A Changing Paradigm

“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me”

“I Want to Live With My Head Held High”

“These Political Games Ruin Our Lives”

“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”

“That’s When I Realized I Was Nobody”

Other Writing

Humanitarian Exchange: Making disaster risk reduction and relief programmes LGBTI inclusive: examples from Nepal

UNICEF/UN Women: Understanding the needs and capacities of LGBTI persons in disasters and emergencies

Emory International Law Review: Establishing A Third Gender Category in Nepal: Process and Prognosis

Forced Migration Review: gender identity and disaster response in Nepal

Protecting Rights, Saving Lives