Kyle Knight

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

Articles

December 7, 2016 Dispatches

Pakistan Province Pushes Transgender Rights
November 29, 2016 Dispatches

Indonesian Militant Islamists, Police Raid Gay Gathering
November 6, 2016 Commentary

When Being Counted Can Lead to Being Protected: Pakistan's Transgender and Intersex Activists
November 5, 2016 Commentary

Anti-LGBT Tilt Taints Singapore Commerce
October 13, 2016 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Unrelenting Anti-LGBT Campaign
September 21, 2016 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Rights Body Urges Transgender Attack Inquiry
August 11, 2016 Commentary

The Piety of Shinta Ratri
June 29, 2016 Commentary

The Secret to Battling Homophobia in Japan's Schools: Manga
June 7, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Norway’s Transgender Rights Transformation
May 20, 2016 Commentary

LGBT People in Emergencies – Risks and Service Gaps

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

Pakistan Province Pushes Transgender Rights

Indonesian Militant Islamists, Police Raid Gay Gathering

When Being Counted Can Lead to Being Protected: Pakistan's Transgender and Intersex Activists

Anti-LGBT Tilt Taints Singapore Commerce

Indonesia’s Unrelenting Anti-LGBT Campaign

Pakistan’s Rights Body Urges Transgender Attack Inquiry

The Piety of Shinta Ratri

The Secret to Battling Homophobia in Japan's Schools: Manga

Dispatches: Norway’s Transgender Rights Transformation

LGBT People in Emergencies – Risks and Service Gaps

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