Dean Spade

American trans activist, writer and university teacher

Person Human Q5246478

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: trans man^[20]
Date of birth: 1977
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: lawyer, university teacher, LGBTQ rights activist, jurist, writer, trans activist^[8]
Employer: Seattle University School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, City University of New York, Seattle University^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Field of work: law, activism, transidentity, transgender^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Educated at: Barnard College^[18]
Award received: Kessler Award^[19]
Official website: www.deanspade.net^[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Affiliation: Sylvia Rivera Law Project^[25]
Family name: Spade^[21]
Given name: Dean^[22]
Social media followers: +15900^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 41

ISNI: 0000000119183618
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9104-2956
VIAF cluster ID: 282538932
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n2011055576
GND ID: 1024009610
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dean Spade Laura Flanders Show 2015.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 14006469
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 18124186n
Bluesky handle: deanspade.bsky.social
CANTIC ID: 981058508485006706
CBDB.cz author ID: 237657
CONOR.SI ID: 397247747

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Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11628111
DDB person (GND) ID: 1024009610
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 148420
Dimensions author ID: 011200553063.54
Facebook username: deanspade
Freebase ID: /m/0c41ctk
HAND ID: A68D-5F56-E05B-AC7F-09D4
IMDb ID: nm2647516
IdRef ID: 161570364
Instagram username: spade.dean
J9U entity ID: 987007583540905171
Linktree ID: deanspade
NL CR AUT ID: jo20221155992
NLAI ID: 1469340
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2024C3277
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810564365705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5566512
Open Library ID: OL6988256A
Penguin Random House author ID: 2240440
Podchaser creator ID: 107aRxu3TN
Prabook ID: 2381164
SVKKL authority ID: 0422696-Spade-Dean-1977
Tabakalera ID: 126419
Threads username: spade.dean
TikTok username: deanspade
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058508485006706
X (Twitter) username: deanspade
Yale LUX ID: person/f2e63a54-c61a-4c9e-bd28-26330ebdd6a0
YouTube handle: SpadeSULaw

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Occupation 5

writer, lawyer, jurist, university teacher, LGBTQ rights activist

Employer 4

Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles, City University of New York, Seattle University

Field of work 4

law, transgender, activism, transidentity

Award received 1

Kessler Award

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Barnard College

Given name 1

Dean

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Sex or gender 1

trans man

← Winner 1

Kessler Award

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Summary

Dean Spade was born on 1977^[1]. He has worked as a lawyer^[2], university teacher^[3], LGBTQ rights activist^[4], jurist^[5], and writer^[6].

FAQs

What did Dean Spade do for work?

Dean Spade worked as a lawyer^[2], university teacher^[3], LGBTQ rights activist^[4], jurist^[5], and writer^[6].

Where did Dean Spade go to school?

Dean Spade was educated at Barnard College^[18].

What awards did Dean Spade receive?

Honors received include Kessler Award^[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[20] ↑ Dean Spade — sex or gender (P21): trans man. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Dean Spade — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Dean Spade — educated at (P69): Barnard College. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Dean Spade — field of work (P101): law. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Dean Spade — field of work (P101): activism. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Dean Spade — field of work (P101): transidentity. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Dean Spade — field of work (P101): transgender. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-12-14. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): lawyer. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): LGBTQ rights activist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): jurist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Dean Spade — occupation (P106): trans activist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Dean Spade — employer (P108): Seattle University School of Law. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Dean Spade — employer (P108): University of California, Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Dean Spade — employer (P108): Harvard University. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Dean Spade — employer (P108): City University of New York. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Dean Spade — employer (P108): Seattle University. Retrieved 2019-07-05. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Dean Spade — award received (P166): Kessler Award. clags.org. clags.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Dean Spade — date of birth (P569): 1977. datos.bne.es. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Dean Spade — family name (P734): Spade. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Dean Spade — given name (P735): Dean. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Dean Spade — official website (P856): https://www.deanspade.net/. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Dean Spade — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-02-09. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Dean Spade — affiliation (P1416): Sylvia Rivera Law Project. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Dean Spade — social media followers (P8687): 15,900. wikidata.org.

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11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → A68D-5F56-E05B-AC7F-09D4

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SVKKL authority ID → 0422696-Spade-Dean-1977

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