| Kiley May | |
| Alma Mater: | Ryerson University |
| Occupation: | Storyteller, actor, filmmaker, two-spirit activist |
Kiley May (born 1986/1987) is a Mohawk and Cayuga storyteller, actor, screenwriter, filmmaker,[1] and two-spirit activist in Toronto.[2]
As a child, May lived at Six Nations of the Grand River, an Indian reserve in Ontario. Her mother is Mohawk and her father is Cayuga.[3]
She was assigned male at birth, but was feminine as a child.[4] She experienced discrimination as a result of transphobia and homophobia.
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. May initially identified as genderqueer and gender non-conforming, and eventually started to use she pronouns;, at age 30, she was using both she/her and they/them pronouns.
In 2017, May was the Youth Ambassador for Pride Toronto. She was additionally crowdfunding to pay for travel to Montreal for genital surgery.
In 2020, May was a winner of the Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Award from the Toronto Screenwriting Conference.[5]