Kiley May
Kiley May | |
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Born | 1986/1987 (age 34–35) |
Alma mater | Ryerson University |
Occupation | Storyteller, actor, filmmaker, two-spirit activist |
Kiley May (born 1986/1987) is a Mohawk and Cayuga storyteller,[1] actor, screenwriter, filmmaker,[2] and two-spirit activist in Toronto.[1]
Life[]
As a child, May lived at Six Nations of the Grand River, an Indian reserve in Ontario.[2] She[a] was assigned male at birth, but was feminine as a child.[3] She experienced discrimination as a result of transphobia and homophobia.[2]
In 2007, May left the reserve and moved to Toronto, where she attended journalism school at Ryerson University. While in school, she discovered a love for creative writing, but after graduating she didn't write for several years.[2] May initially identified as genderqueer and gender non-confirming, and eventually started to use she pronouns; as of June 2017, at age 30, she was using both she/her and they/them pronouns.[3]
In 2017, May was the Youth Ambassador for Pride Toronto. She was additionally crowdfunding to pay for travel to Montreal for genital surgery.[3]
In 2020, May was a winner of the Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Award from the .[4]
Roles[]
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Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hensley, Laura (June 7, 2018). "What Does It Mean to Identify as Two-Spirit?". FLARE. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Bruno, Natasha (August 25, 2020). "Emerging Filmmaker Kiley May Talks Trans Representation in Media". FASHION Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kiley May, Toronto Pride's youth ambassador, on the journey to define her 'kaleidoscope identity'". Canadian Broadcasting Centre. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b McCormick, Nicole (June 23, 2020). "'No limitations': Indigenous transgender storyteller Kiley May shapes her life as a kaleidoscope". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- Living people
- 1980s births
- Mohawk people
- Cayuga people
- Two-spirit people
- Transgender and transsexual people
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian actors
- LGBT First Nations people
- LGBT entertainers from Canada
- Canadian non-binary actors
- LGBT rights activist stubs
- Canadian actor stubs