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'''Maya J. Marcel-Keyes''', more commonly known as '''Maya Keyes''' ([[birth|born]] [[1985]] [[May 23]]), is an [[United States of America|American]] political [[activism|activist]] and daughter of [[Ambassadors from the United States|United States Ambassador]] [[Alan Keyes]], former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential, [[US Senator|senatorial]] candidate, and advisor to [[Ronald Reagan]]. Despite her staunch [[conservatism|conservative]] upbringing, Marcel-Keyes has been involved with the [[anarchism|anarchist]] and [[LGBT movements|gay rights]] movements. She also identifies herself as adamantly [[pro-life]][http://absolutverve.blogspot.com].

==Family and Personal==
Marcel-Keyes was born in [[New Jersey]] and raised in suburban Maryland by Keyes and wife Jocelyn Marcel-Keyes, formerly of [[Calcutta]], [[India]]. Marcel-Keyes is the second of three children, raised by the traditional values of [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] and schooled by members of [[Opus Dei]]. Marcel-Keyes has stated "I am Christian myself..." [http://metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1468] As of February 2005, Marcel-Keyes' girlfriend is Bria Murray.

==Influences==

Maya Marcel-Keyes often sought friends that were outside the family's conservative atmosphere, befriending those that began to introduce her to new ideas. During her teenage years, Marcel-Keyes began to evaluate her [[sexual orientation]]. She eventually [[coming out|came out]] as [[queer]]<ref name="pf">[http://www.thepointfoundation.org/press/mayakeyes.html Point Foundation gives Maya a scholarship]</ref>. The death of a close friend of hers, a young man named Shymmer, presaged Marcel-Keyes' entry into the public eye. Shymmer had been kicked out of his house at age sixteen after revealing his [[sexual orientation]] to his parents, thereby forcing him to survive on the streets. After over three years living without a home, and facing many of the problems [[LGBT]] youth face while homeless -- rape, beatings, prostitution -- Shymmer died of [[starvation]] brought about by a severe case of [[anorexia nervosa]] after a Washington, D.C. hospital refused to provide him an IV drip.<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/roundups/package.html?coll=news_feature&sernum=1079&page=1 Maya Marcel-Keyes speaks out, speech reproduced in Gay.com, February 14th 2005]</ref>

Marcel-Keyes spoke about Shymmer at an [http://www.equalitymaryland.org/ Equality Maryland] rally on [[Valentine's Day]], 2005.<ref>[http://www.equalitymaryland.org/PR_2005/PR2005.02.09.htm Equality Maryland]</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorkblade.com/2005/2-18/news/national/keyes.cfm The New York Blade]</ref>

==Politics==
===2000 Election===
During the [[United States presidential primaries, 2000|2000 U.S Presidential Election Season]], Marcel-Keyes was instrumental in convincing her father, despite objections from his security detail, to throw himself into a [[mosh pit]] organized by activist and filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] during an [[Iowa]] caucus rally. Fellow Republican candidate [[Gary Bauer]] charged that the event was a cheap political stunt. In response, Keyes said that the mosh pit exemplified "the kind of trust in people that is the heart and soul of the Keyes campaign." He continued, "and when you trust them, they will in fact hold you up, whether it's in terms of giving help to you when you're falling down or caring for their own children."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

===2004 Election===
Marcel-Keyes gained public notoriety after her father won the [[Illinois]] Republican Party's nomination for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by retiring Senator [[Peter Fitzgerald]]. The previous nominee, businessman and educator [[Jack Ryan (Senate candidate)|Jack Ryan]], removed himself from the race after damaging information from his divorce records was made public. Marcel-Keyes and her father moved to [[Calumet City, Illinois|Calumet City]] and later to [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] for the race.

Marcel-Keyes' sexual orientation was not widely known at the time of her father's entry into the [[United States Senate election, 2004|Senate election]], but questions arose when Dr. Keyes answered a reporter's question concerning the [[homosexuality]] of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]]'s daughter at the [[2004 Republican National Convention]]. Keyes stated that all homosexuals were guilty of "selfish [[hedonism]]," [[Mary Cheney]] included.

The following September, a [[blog|weblog]] [http://www.xanga.com/stokedgfx] written by Gerald Farinas, an acquaintance of Marcel-Keyes, was discovered containing a link to what was believed to be, based on clues found on both sites, Marcel-Keyes' [http://www.xanga.com/xmisled0youthx online journal]. In it, the author described herself as "[[queer]]". Freelance bloggers concluded it was indeed Marcel-Keyes' site and pressured her to come out of [[the closet]]. Mainstream media outlets differed on how and whether to report the information discovered by the weblog community. Few moved on the issue and refrained from reporting the events surrounding Marcel-Keyes (until after she spoke to the media herself following the election), but all faced a barrage of requests for information. Many feared that the weblogs reported rumors that were unsupported by conclusive evidence.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} However, Marcel-Keyes has been out to her parents as [[queer]] since they found a copy of the [[Washington Blade]] in her room and confronted her with it at the end of [[high school]]<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20005-2005Feb12.html When Sexuality Undercuts A Family's Ties, Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 12 February 2005]</ref>.

After the 2004 campaign, Marcel-Keyes became a consultant for Keyes' Illinois office. However, on [[2005]] [[January 20]], she participated in a march protesting the second [[inauguration]] of [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]]. Keyes relieved his daughter from her duties and requested that she move out of an apartment funded by Keyes' political organizations in Chicago. Marcel-Keyes wrote in her online journal [http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=Xmisled0youthX&tab=weblogs&uid=196061776] that her parents had not only cast her out of the apartment, but had refused to let her return to the family home in Maryland, leaving her unemployed and homeless: she also discussed this in an interview with [[The Advocate]].<ref>[http://www.gay.com/news/roundups/package.html?sernum=1082 Maya Marcel-Keyes interview, Tom Musbach, The Advocate, February 2005]</ref>

==Activism and beliefs==
From an early age, Marcel-Keyes involved herself in her father's political work, especially in [[school choice|pro-school choice]] circles{{Fact|date=February 2007}} and the [[pro-life]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}} movement. She believes in the philosophy of "peace for all who live", [[Consistent Life Ethic|opposing all forms of violence]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}} -- including the [[death penalty]], [[abortion]], all forms of war, and the killing of animals for consumption (she's a devout [[veganism|vegan]]). She is also an [[anarchism|anarchist]][http://www.washblade.com/2005/2-4/news/localnews/ehrlich.cfm] that believes things such as access to [[health care]], [[education]], housing, food and jobs are not privileges for those who can afford them, but basic [[human rights]].

To these ends, Maya is involved with a number of activist organizations. She has volunteered with [[Food Not Bombs]], runs as a [[street medic]] at protests and is a member of the Board of Directors for the [http://nyacyouth.org National Youth Advocacy Coalition], which speaks on behalf of LGBT families and youth all over the country. She also spent a year in the south of [[India]] teaching English and computer skills to tribal people with a group known as [http://www.adivasi.net/ ACCORD], which aims to empower tribal people of India who have historically been oppressed and/or ignored by higher [[Indian caste system|castes]].

==Honors and awards==
* Ms. Keyes was awarded the Wanda Alston Scholarship through The [[Point Foundation (LGBT)|Point Foundation]], a [[Charitable organization|charity]] based in [[San Francisco, California]] and currently attends [[Brown University]]. <ref name="pf"/>.
* In June 2005, Keyes became a member of the board of directors of the [http://www.nyacyouth.org/ National Youth Advocacy Coalition]. This organization works on behalf of LGBT youth and families throughout the [[United States]].
* On [[2005]] [[December 7]], Ms. Keyes received the Emery Award, presented by the [[Hetrick-Martin Institute]] for outstanding work on behalf of homeless LGBT youth.

==References==
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==External links==
===Keyes' sites===
* [http://absolutverve.blogspot.com/ Maya Keyes' Blog]
* [http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Xmisled0youthX Keyes' old blog]

===Articles===
* [http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1468 Metro Weekly interview]
* [http://www.equalitymaryland.org/News_2005/News2005.02.15a.htm Daughter Of Conservative Republican Calls Herself 'Liberal Queer']
* [http://www.equalitymaryland.org/News_2005/News2005.02.15.htm Daughter Of Alan Keyes Speaks At Gay Rights Rally]
* [http://www.equalitymaryland.org/News_2005/News2005.02.15b.htm Hundreds Attend Gay Rights Rally]
* [http://pageoneq.com/news/2005/index.php?cat=10 Maya Keyes Sets the Record Gay in Exclusive Interview]

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