Kiley May

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] 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-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.^[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 Toronto Screenwriting Conference.^[4]

Roles[edit]

Coroner,^[2] as River Baitz, ongoing^{[citation needed]}
It Chapter Two^[2] as Native American woman (from the fictitious “Shokopiwah” tribe^[5])
The D Cut^[4]

Notes[edit]

^ May uses she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses feminine pronouns for consistency.

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.
^ ^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.

External links[edit]

Kiley May at IMDb

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[3] May uses she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses feminine pronouns for consistency.

[:0-1] 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.

[:1-2] ^ ^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.

[:2-4] "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.

[:3-5] McCormick, Nicole (June 23, 2020). "'No limitations': Indigenous transgender storyteller Kiley May shapes her life as a kaleidoscope". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[6] 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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