Aaron Devor
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| File:Dr Aaron Devor portrait by Blake Little (2020).jpg Portrait of Aaron Devor by Blake Little (2020) | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Employer | University of Victoria |
| Website | https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/ahdevor/ |
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Aaron H. Devor is a Canadian sociologist and sexologist known for his work in transgender studies.[1][2] Devor has taught at the University of Victoria since 1989 and is the former dean of graduate studies.[3][4] He is the inaugural 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.[5][6] He is also the organizer of the Moving Trans History Forward conferences.[7] Maclean's described Devor as "an internationally respected expert on gender, sex and sexuality."[8]
Life and education
[edit | edit source]Devor 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.[4] A trans man, Devor transitioned in 2002 at age 51.[9]
Career
[edit | edit source]Devor is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, co-authoring the Standards of Care versions 6 and 7 and sitting on the Standards of Care revision committee since 2018.[10] As of 2025, he is also chair of the Archives Committee.[11][needs update]
He has collected many first-person narratives of transsexual experiences and has done extensive biographical research on Reed Erickson.[12]
Devor's book, The Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction in 2015.[13]
In 2016, through the Tawani Foundation, Jennifer Pritzker gave a $2 million donation to create the world's first academic Chair in Transgender Studies, at the University of Victoria;[5] Devor was chosen as the inaugural chair.[14]
Selected publications
[edit | edit source]- Devor, A. & Wilson, M. (Eds.) (2019). "Glimmerings: Trans Elders Tell Their Stories". Transgender Publishings, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- 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) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Devor, A. & Haefeli-Thomas, A (2019). Transgender: A Reference Handbook. Bloomsbury Publishing, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 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, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). *889
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External links
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Canadian sociologists
- Academic staff of the University of Victoria
- Canadian LGBTQ rights activists
- Transgender male writers
- Canadian transgender men
- Canadian transgender writers
- Transgender studies academics
- York University alumni
- Simon Fraser University alumni
- University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Transgender academics
- 20th-century Canadian social scientists
- 21st-century Canadian social scientists
- Canadian sexologists
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- Canadian LGBTQ academics