Kyle Knight

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

Articles

April 13, 2026 Commentary

Sex Testing All Women Athletes is a Discriminatory Rights Violation
October 22, 2025 Dispatches

Intersex Rights Advance Based on Evidence, Principle
September 29, 2025 Dispatches

Japan Court Drops Key Legal Hurdle for Transgender People
May 16, 2025 Dispatches

Poland Ends ‘LGBT Free’ Zones
January 30, 2025 Dispatches

Thailand Invests in Trans Health
January 30, 2025 Commentary

California Initiated Intersex Rights. Now It Needs To Step Up Protections For Intersex Kids At Birth.
January 21, 2025 Dispatches

US Health Agency Calls for Intersex Informed Consent
September 4, 2024 Dispatches

Experts Urge End to Nonconsensual Intersex Surgeries
July 31, 2024 Dispatches

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman
June 18, 2024 Dispatches

Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in Thailand

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

Sex Testing All Women Athletes is a Discriminatory Rights Violation

Intersex Rights Advance Based on Evidence, Principle

Japan Court Drops Key Legal Hurdle for Transgender People

Poland Ends ‘LGBT Free’ Zones

Thailand Invests in Trans Health

California Initiated Intersex Rights. Now It Needs To Step Up Protections For Intersex Kids At Birth.

US Health Agency Calls for Intersex Informed Consent

Experts Urge End to Nonconsensual Intersex Surgeries

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman

Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in Thailand

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