The U.N.’s new “SOGI czar” delivered his first report to the UN Human Rights Council, which just concluded its meeting in Geneva.
A SOGI czar is their independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Graeme Reid, who hails from South Africa, is a professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale, and former director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch.
In Reid’s case, “independent” does not mean “nonpartisan,” as his political and ideological bona fides are decidedly progressive.
Reid’s debut report to the Human Rights Council treated violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in relation to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association. It touted “Pride” events as a key…
