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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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December 9, 2017
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November 20, 2017
Marriage Discrimination Goes Global
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October 6, 2017
Trump Administration Restricts Access to Contraception
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September 13, 2017
US Justice Department Looks to Curtail LGBT Protections
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August 28, 2017
Trump’s Attack on Transgender Troops Becomes US Policy
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April 27, 2017
Alabama Bill Would Jeopardize Children in Need of Families
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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