Kyle Knight

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

Articles

June 2, 2023 Dispatches

Russia Moves to Ban Trans Health Care
March 21, 2023 Dispatches

G7 Letter Highlights Japan’s LGBT Rights Gaps
February 9, 2023 Dispatches

American Bar Association Backs Intersex Autonomy
February 9, 2023 Dispatches

Ouster of Anti-LGBT Official in Japan Should Prompt Reform
February 9, 2023 Dispatches

Hungary Court Closes Door on Transgender Legal Recognition
November 29, 2022 Dispatches

Japanese Trans Woman Wins Workplace Harassment Case
September 7, 2022 Dispatches

Uzbekistan’s Proposed Medical Testing Law Violates Basic Rights
August 18, 2022 Dispatches

US Health Agency Undermines Equity in Covid-19 Policy
July 13, 2022 Dispatches

Zambian Woman Footballer Sex Tested Because FIFA Allows It
May 10, 2022 Dispatches

Polish Court Rejects Case Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ Activist

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

Russia Moves to Ban Trans Health Care

G7 Letter Highlights Japan’s LGBT Rights Gaps

American Bar Association Backs Intersex Autonomy

Ouster of Anti-LGBT Official in Japan Should Prompt Reform

Hungary Court Closes Door on Transgender Legal Recognition

Japanese Trans Woman Wins Workplace Harassment Case

Uzbekistan’s Proposed Medical Testing Law Violates Basic Rights

US Health Agency Undermines Equity in Covid-19 Policy

Zambian Woman Footballer Sex Tested Because FIFA Allows It

Polish Court Rejects Case Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ Activist

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