Dr. Aaron Devor, PhD, FSSSS, FSTLHE, is a pioneering researcher in the field of Transgender Studies. He has been studying and teaching about transgender topics since the early 1980s, before the word transgender was in common usage. In 1989, he published Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality, the first book to describe what would now be called nonbinary gender identities. In 1997, he published the 720-page classic, FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society, the second-ever book about trans men and the first based on non-clinical field research interviews. Other influential research includes a widely-cited model of transgender identity development (2004) and the Lambda-Literary-Award-nominee The Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future about the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria (2014). He has also been an author of versions 6, 7, & 8 of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Standards of Care since 1999, the only sociologist on the committee, and oversaw the translation of version 7 into world languages. He is a national-award-winning teacher, an elected member of the International Academy of Sex Research, and an elected Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. In 2011, Devor founded the world’s largest Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada, and has served as its Academic Director and Subject Matter Expert. The Transgender Archives’ records of research related to Trans+ people go back into the 19th century, while records of activism by Trans+ people start in 1960. The collections are in 15 languages from 23 countries on all continents except Antarctica. At over 530 linear feet (1.5 football fields long), the collections comprise, by far, the largest trans archives in the world. The collections are open to the public at no charge. In 2014, Devor initiated, and continues to host, the international, interdisciplinary Moving Trans History Forward conferences, a series of biennial events which draw together people of all ages from around the world who contribute as community activists, researchers, students, educators, artists, service providers, family members, and allies. Conferences consider both the history of trans activism and research, and the crucial issues which impact Trans+ people today, and in the future—locally, nationally and globally. Many events are open to the public. In 2016, Devor established the world’s first Chair in Transgender Studies a research and community outreach office dedicated to community-building and to fostering and sharing scholarship by and about Trans+ people. Committed to building solid reliable information about the real world that can be used to build better policies and laws, drive social change, and improve the well-being of Trans+ people, the Chair also builds community and individual well-being by facilitating arts, cultural, and social activities of interest to Trans+ people, and their allies. The Chair’s activities include: a scholarships and fellowships program, Moving Trans History Forward conferences, providing leadership to the Transgender Archives, hosting visiting research scholars from around the world, sponsoring colloquia and lectures, advising government and non-profit agencies on policies and practices, producing arts and cultural events, organizing social events, and by maintaining an active social media presence. Devor has received multiple distinguished awards for research, advocacy, and teaching. He is frequently sought out by the media and has delivered lectures to audiences around the world, including more than 40 keynote and plenary addresses. He is a former Dean of Graduate Studies (2002-2012), and a professor of Sociology, at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.