Aidan Key

Aidan Key (born January 22, 1964) is an educator, author, speaker, and community organizer. As a transgender man active in LGBT rights, Key's ground-breaking[1] work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades K-12, comprising challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms,[2][3] transgender students' athletic participation (including locker rooms), privacy and disclosure of transgender status, and name and gender changes.

Aidan Key
Key in Seattle
Born (1964-01-22) January 22, 1964
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, Public Speaker
Known forGender Odyssey Conference
Notable work
Trans Bodies; Trans Selves

Career

Key's expertise[4] on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the WA Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the Washington Intercollegiate Activities Association, and Seattle Public Schools.

Key authored the Trans Bodies, Trans Selves manual addressing the support[5] and understanding[6] of transgender children .[7] He co-authored the article Gender Cognition in Transgender Children,[8] and has contributed to various outlets including The Huffington Post,[9] and Welcoming Schools.[10]

Key founded the international Gender Odyssey conference in 2001,[11] which has since grown to include the Gender Odyssey Family conference for transgender and gender-nonconforming children and their families,[12] as well as the Gender Odyssey Professional conference,[13][14] providing instruction to medical, mental health, and education professionals. Keynote speakers have included notables such as Chaz Bono; Cheryl Kilodavis, author of My Princess Boy; Janet Mock; and author, performer and gender activist Kate Bornstein.[15]

Key co-chairs the Advisory Board of the Seattle Children's Gender Clinic,[16] and serves on the advisory committee of TRANSform Washington,[17] a public education campaign advancing the dignity, diversity and humanity of transgender and gender-diverse people. His past collaborations include working with Three Dollar Bill Cinema to launch the Seattle Translations Film Festival[18] and co-founding the Bay Area nonprofit Gender Spectrum.

Media

His perspective on trans issues has often been featured in the national media, including multiple reports on CNN,[19][20] The Oprah Winfrey Show,[21] Reuters,[22] NPR’s Diane Rehm Show[23] and Fresh Air with Terry Gross,[24] Al Jazeera America, The Huffington Post,[25] Inside Edition, Nightline, the Seattle Times,[26] Parent Map,[27] and Larry King Live. His appearance on Larry King Live inspired a Saturday Night Live skit spoofing the obvious confusion of the host on issues related to transgender identities.[28][29]

Speaking

Key is a regular speaker at universities and conferences including the DSHS Children’s Justice Conference 2013,[30] Adolescent Health Medicine Conference 2010, The Power of One: LGBT Student Leadership,[31] and the Gender Odyssey Conference 2014.[32] He has been a featured speaker at churches, universities, and special events.

Personal

Aidan Key is an identical twin. His twin sister, Brenda Bowers, has joined him for numerous media appearances, including The Oprah Winfrey Show[33] and the ITV documentary The Secret Life of Twins, and articles in numerous international publications. Key and Bowers were the impetus for the launch of research by Milton Diamond, PhD, Transsexuality Among Twins,[34] studying the concordance of transgender gender identity in identical twins.

Key is married, a father of one, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Awards
  • 2013 Trans 100: Inaugural Member of Trans 100[35]
  • Greater Seattle Business Association B&H Awards 2017 - Community Leader of the Year[36]
  • Seattle Magazine, "Movers & Shakers: Seattle's Most Influential People of the Year 2019", TransFamilies Executive Director, Aidan Key, November 2019

References
  1. Gruener, Posey. "When Do Kids Know They're Transgender? Younger Than You'd Think". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  2. "Bathroom battle: Parents rally behind transgender youth". Crosscut. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  3. Lang, Nico (2017-03-13). "The Supreme Court won't hear Gavin Grimm's case this term. Here's how LGBT students will keep fighting". Salon. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  4. WHRO, NPR. "'Trans Bodies, Trans Selves': A Modern Manual By And For Trans People". Archived from the original on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  5. Fantz, Ashley. "The transgender life: What to know, say and understand". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  6. Turnbull, Lornet. "Kids challenge gender identity earlier — and get support". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  7. WHRO, NPR. "'Trans Bodies, Trans Selves': A Modern Manual By And For Trans People". Archived from the original on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  8. Olson, Kristina R.; Key, Aidan C.; Eaton, Nicholas R. (2015-04-01). "Gender Cognition in Transgender Children". Psychological Science. 26 (4): 467–474. doi:10.1177/0956797614568156. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 25749700.
  9. "Aidan Key | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  10. Key, Aidan. "At Least One Kid Like That". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  11. "Our History - Gender Odyssey". Gender Odyssey. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  12. "Family Track - Gender Odyssey". Gender Odyssey. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  13. "Gender Odyssey Los Angeles: June 28 - 29, 2017 LA Marriott Burbank". Gender Odyssey. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  14. "Professional Track - Gender Odyssey". Gender Odyssey. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  15. "Our History - Gender Odyssey". Gender Odyssey. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  16. "Gender Clinic | Seattle Children's Hospital". www.seattlechildrens.org. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  17. "About Transform WA". Transform Washington. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  18. "Translations | Programs". Three Dollar Bill Cinema. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  19. Fantz, Ashley. "The transgender life: What to know, say and understand". CNN. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  20. Fantz, Ashley. "Ohio transgender teen's mom: 'He was an amazing boy'". CNN. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  21. Winfrey, Oprah. "Transgendered Twins". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  22. "Families and doctors who care for trans kids get help at conference". Reuters. 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  23. Diane, Rehm. "Transgender in America: Gender Identity and the Struggle for Civil Rights". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  24. Gross, Terry. "NPR's Fresh Air: 'Trans Bodies, Trans Selves': A Modern Manual By And For Trans People". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  25. Key, Aidan (2017-02-14). "Whose Gender Revolution Is It? The Folks That Need It The Most, That's Who!". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  26. "Transgender kids: a family quest, a medical quandary". The Seattle Times. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  27. "Someone You Should Know: Gender Educator Aidan Key". ParentMap. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  28. .com, tv. "Natalie Portman/Fall Out Boy". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  29. Wenke, Joe. "The Human Agenda With Joe Wenke: A Conversation With Aidan Key". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  30. Key, Aidan. "2013 Featured Speakers - Children's Justice Conference". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  31. Gasser, Heather Shea. "webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:i_-FMVNf870J:https://nwlgbtleadership.wsu.edu/media/259584/2010%2520P1%2520program%2520-%2520just%2520text.docx+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  32. "Our History - Gender Odyssey". Gender Odyssey. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  33. "Transgendered Twins". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  34. Diamond, Milton (2013-01-01). "Transsexuality Among Twins: Identity Concordance, Transition, Rearing, and Orientation". International Journal of Transgenderism. 14 (1): 24–38. doi:10.1080/15532739.2013.750222. ISSN 1553-2739.
  35. Trans, We Happy. "The Trans 100 – 2013 Inaugural Edition (U.S.)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  36. GSBA Greater Seattle Business Association (2017-02-21), Aidan Key - GSBA B&H Awards 2017 - Community Leader of the Year, retrieved 2017-03-17
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