Ryan Thoreson
Ryan Thoreson is a specialist in the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Ryan clerked for the Honorable Scott M. Matheson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and was a research fellow at OutRight Action International. He is the author of Transnational LGBT Activism: Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide (University of Minnesota Press, 2014). Ryan holds a law degree from Yale Law School, a Doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in government and studies of women, gender, and sexuality from Harvard University.
Articles Authored
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May 13, 2020
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April 8, 2020
Philippines Uses Humiliation as COVID Curfew Punishment
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March 7, 2020
Midwest Has Shown It’s Ready for Transgender Rights
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January 28, 2020
New Tennessee Law Deepens Discrimination Against LGBT People
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January 20, 2020
Lawmakers in the US Unleash Barrage of Anti-Transgender Bills
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December 19, 2019
US Agency Could Pave Way for Anti-LGBT Discrimination
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November 27, 2019
South Korea Shouldn’t Backslide on LGBT Rights
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October 16, 2019
UN Body Urges South Korea to Improve Sexuality Education
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October 8, 2019
Supreme Court Considers Rights of LGBT Workers in the US
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August 13, 2019
Trump Administration Moves to Roll Back Health Care Rights
Reports Authored
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“I Just Try to Make It Home Safe”
Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States
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“All We Want is Equality”
Religious Exemptions and Discrimination against LGBT People in the United States
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