Kyle Knight

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

Articles

September 10, 2020 Dispatches

Video Demonstrates Chechnya Leadership’s Brutality
August 12, 2020 Dispatches

Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention
July 30, 2020 Dispatches

First US Hospital Pledges to End Intersex Surgeries
July 8, 2020 Dispatches

Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents
July 6, 2020 Commentary

Russia Should Repeal No-Women Jobs List
July 1, 2020 Dispatches

When Will Sports Stop Policing Femininity?
June 25, 2020 Dispatches

Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman’s Firing Unlawful
June 1, 2020 Commentary

China’s Lesbian Parenting Case is a Children’s Rights Issue
May 21, 2020 Dispatches

Hungary Ends Legal Recognition for Transgender and Intersex People
May 8, 2020 Commentary

Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19

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

Video Demonstrates Chechnya Leadership’s Brutality

Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention

First US Hospital Pledges to End Intersex Surgeries

Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents

Russia Should Repeal No-Women Jobs List

When Will Sports Stop Policing Femininity?

Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman’s Firing Unlawful

China’s Lesbian Parenting Case is a Children’s Rights Issue

Hungary Ends Legal Recognition for Transgender and Intersex People

Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19

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