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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June 19, 2018
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June 12, 2018
Recognizing Religious Freedom as an LGBT Issue
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June 5, 2018
Wedding Cake Ruling’s Silver Lining for LGBT Rights
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May 18, 2018
Oklahoma and Kansas Enact Anti-LGBT Laws
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April 30, 2018
Anti-LGBT Bills in US States Could Derail Adoptions
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February 28, 2018
Key Bills for Homeless Youth
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December 9, 2017
Intimate Partner Violence is an LGBT Issue
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November 20, 2017
Marriage Discrimination Goes Global
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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