Reeta Loi is a Storyteller, Writer, Music Artist, Buddhist and an award-winning LGBTQ+ rights activist whose energy, creativity, and vision bring together people, communities and organisations to help build more compassionate futures.

Reeta’s talks and live shows are playful and educational, inviting the audience to reflect on themselves and society. As a Buddhist Reeta provides a contemporary feminist and queer lens on ancient teachings for individual and collective liberation.

As a Dalit growing up in an arranged marriage culture that has fought for her own liberation as a lesbian, as well as for her community on a global stage, Reeta has a unique and powerful voice.

Reeta has pioneered the movement for LGBTQ+ South Asians for over a decade and is the ‘Forbes 100 Woman Founder’ & CEO of Gaysians, the leading global movement and network of charities and community organisations. Reeta was instrumental in the fight for legislative rights for LGBTQ+ people in India which was achieved in 2018.

Reeta’s music has been released alongside Sia, Cinematic Orchestra, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mark Ronson and Lou Rhodes. She also formerly composed and supervised music for commercials for Sony.

As a writer she is well known for her ground-breaking work as Contributing Editor at Gay Times and as a DIVA columnist. She is currently writing her highly anticipated debut novel.

Reeta’s VICE documentary has amassed over 2 million views and exposed and shut down an International gay marriage scam based in India. She can also be seen on Channel 4’s ‘Where have all the lesbians gone?’.

Reeta takes multi-format storytelling to a new level, as can be seen in her 2022 TEDx London performance. In 2023 Reeta completed a six-month UK tour of her one-person show ‘The Remedy’, headlining at The Barbican, fusing comedy, poetry, storytelling and music after training at RADA.

Reeta has spoken at The Oxford Union, Bloomsbury Festival, TEDxLondon and many organisations including Oxfam, Meta, WPP, Virgin O2, Levi’s, Dr Martens and Burberry. Reeta has been the face of global campaigns for H&M, Body Shop, Schwarzkopf and Boots Beauty.

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