Jaimie Veale

Jaimie F Veale is a Canadian-New Zealand psychology academic, and as of 2021 is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato.

[1] Veale has a master's degree from Massey University, completed in 2005.

[4][5][6] In 2019–2021, Veale and her work supported changes in the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill to make it easier for people to change the details on their birth certificates.

[7][8][9] In 2021, Veale gave a Radio New Zealand interview about the anti-trans backlash to weightlifter Laurel Hubbard representing New Zealand at the 2020 Olympics, in which she described the response as an attempt to deny trans people their human rights.

[10] A complaint was laid with the Broadcasting Standards Agency, but it was not upheld.