Aaron H. Devor is a Canadian sociologist and sexologist known for researching transsexuality and transgender communities.[1] Devor has taught at the University of Victoria since 1989 and is the former dean of graduate studies.[2] Devor is the current Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria, and the founder and subject matter expert of The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries.[3][4] He is also the founder and host of the Moving Trans History Forward conferences.[5] Maclean's, a Canadian weekly news magazine, described Devor as "an internationally respected expert on gender, sex and sexuality."[6]
Aaron Devor | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Dr Devor by Blake Little (2020) | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Occupation | Chair in Transgender Studies |
| Employer | University of Victoria |
| Website | https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/ahdevor/ |
Early life and education
editDevor earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from York University in 1971, a master's degree in communications from Simon Fraser University in 1985, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in 1990. A trans man, Devor transitioned in 2002 at age 51.[7]
Career
editDevor was a member of the HBIGDA task force which created the sixth and seventh edition of The Standards of Care. Currently, he sits as a committee member for the eighth edition and is the Chairperson of the Archives Committee. He has collected first-person narratives of transsexual experiences and has done extensive biographical research on trans man Reed Erickson.
Devor's book, The Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in the non-fiction category in 2015.[8]
In 2016, through the Tawani Foundation, Jennifer Pritzker gave a $2 million donation to create the world's first academic chair of transgender studies, at the University of Victoria in British Columbia;[9] Devor was chosen as the inaugural chair.[10]
Selected publications
edit- Devor, A. & Wilson, M. (Eds.) (2019). "Glimmerings: Trans Elders Tell Their Stories". Transgender Publishings, ISBN 978-1775102748
- Devor, A (2014). The Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future. University of Victoria Libraries. ISBN 9781550585247. OCLC 870562499.
- Devor, A. H, & Matte, N (2004). "ONE Inc. and Reed Erickson: The Uneasy Collaboration of Gay and Trans Activism, 1964-2003." GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies, 10(2), 179–209.
- Devor, H (1997). FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society. Indiana University Press, Second Edition (2016) ISBN 978-0253022868
- Devor, H (1994). Transsexualism, Dissociation, and Child Abuse An Initial Discussion Based on Nonclinical Data. Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality Volume: 6 Issue: 3
- Devor, H (1989). Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality. Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-20533-9 *889
References
edit- ^ "FTM Contributions to Education and Spirituality". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ Gartner, Hana (October 13, 2004). Becoming Ayden. the fifth estate
- ^ "Transgender studies chair at UVic will be world's first". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. January 15, 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "University of Victoria announces world's first transgender studies chair". The Globe & Mail. The Canadian Press. January 15, 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Victoria hosts first conference on archiving trans history | Xtra Magazine". 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ MacQueen, Ken (May 26, 2003). Understanding gender: Male and female may mean less today than ever, but they still mean plenty. Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Maclean's
- ^ "Presenters". Gender Odyssey. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ (4 March 2015). "Lambda Literary".
- ^ "Transgender studies chair at UVic will be world's first". CBC News. Jan 15, 2016. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.
- ^ Rhodes, Dawn (Jan 19, 2016). "Jennifer Pritzker's foundation donates $2 million for transgender studies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.