Kiley May
Kiley May | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 37–38) |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University |
| Occupation(s) | 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
[edit]As a child, May lived at Six Nations of the Grand River, an Indian reserve in Ontario.[2] Her mother is Mohawk and her father is Cayuga.[3]
She[a] was assigned male at birth, but was feminine as a child.[4] 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-conforming, and eventually started to use she pronouns; as of June 2017[update], at age 30, she was using both she/her and they/them pronouns.[4]
In 2017, May was the Youth Ambassador for Pride Toronto. She was additionally crowdfunding to pay for travel to Montreal for genital surgery.[4]
In 2020, May was a winner of the Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Award from the Toronto Screenwriting Conference.[5]
Roles
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- Coroner,[2] as River Baitz, ongoing[citation needed]
- It Chapter Two[2] as Native American woman (from the fictitious “Shokopiwah” tribe[6])
- The D Cut[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hensley, Laura (June 7, 2018). "What Does It Mean to Identify as Two-Spirit?". FLARE. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "They: Interview with Kiley May". Emergence Media. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Viola, Joey (September 20, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based, Indigenous Trans actress Kiley May on her first major movie role in "IT: Chapter Two"". TheBUZZ Magazine. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
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- 1980s births
- 21st-century Canadian actors
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- Canadian LGBTQ screenwriters
- Canadian Mohawk people
- Canadian non-binary actors
- Canadian non-binary writers
- Canadian transgender actors
- Canadian transgender writers
- Cayuga people
- LGBTQ First Nations people
- Living people
- Non-binary activists
- Non-binary screenwriters
- Six Nations of the Grand River people
- Transgender non-binary people
- Transgender screenwriters
- Two-spirit people
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