Graeme Reid is a South African scholar and activist who is the current United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (UN IE SOGI).[1] Prior to being appointed UN IE SOGI, he was the director of the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. He has also written two books: Real Gay: Gay Identities in small-town South Africa[2] and Above the Skyline. Some of his written works have been published in scholarly journals and as chapters of a book.[3]
Reid was born in Johannesburg and attended University of Witwatersrand where he received his bachelor's and master's degree. He was the coordinator of the Gay and Lesbian Archives in South Africa and then worked as a researcher with the Institute for Social and Economic Research at his alma mater.
Reid co-directed the documentary film, Dark and Lovely, Soft and Free for the Gay and Lesbian Archives in 2000.
References
edit- ^ "Civil Society Welcomes the Appointment of Graeme Reid as the Third UN Independent Expert on SOGI". ILGA World. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Being gay in SA". News24. South Africa. 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Graeme Reid (South Africa)". cca.ukzn.ac.za. Center for Creative Arts.
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