May 22, 2024
                            
          
    
Yasemin Smallens
                  
                                        
    Senior Coordinator, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
  
                                    
                                        
    
  
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              Yasemin Smallens is Senior Coordinator in the LGBT Rights Program. Yasemin holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Vassar College. Previously she's worked on refugee policy and police surveillance technologies at the Brennan Center, municipal identification cards and voting reform at For the Many, and transgender rights and police reform at the New York Civil Liberties Union. She also worked on the film Pier Kids: The Life which documents the experiences of homeless transgender youth of color around New York City's piers.
Articles Authored
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August 2, 2022
Pride Month in Turkey Showcased Homophobia, Resistance
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March 29, 2022
In Iraq, Hair Can Set Off Violence
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November 24, 2021
LGBT Qataris Call Foul Ahead of 2022 World Cup