Aimee Knight

Aimee Knight (née Challenor) is a British transgender activist and former politician. She was described as a rising star in the Green Party and its equalities spokesperson. She started identifying as a girl around the age of 10. Knight lived with her parents in Coventry in 2018, while studying for a B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics at the Open University. and was an organiser of Coventry Pride in 2016 and 2017.

Knight has campaigned against the deportation of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and criticized British Airways' role in them.

Green Party Knight joined the Green Party of England and Wales in November 2014. She was the chair of LGBTIQA+ Greens (LGBT, plus intersex, queer, asexual, and other) between 2015 and 2017. Knight became the party's equality spokesperson in 2016. Knight stood for Coventry City Council elections as a member of the Green Party in February 2016 and May 2016. Knight stood in the 2018 party election to be deputy leader, which closed at the end of August. In September 2018, Knight resigned from the Green Party citing transphobia and criticizing former party leader Caroline Lucas for meeting with Woman's Place UK, who Knight described as a "hate group". She denied this was due to the investigation. Reddit reversed the ban and posted a statement from their CEO Steve Huffman that Knight had been "the target of harassment and doxxing" earlier that month and Reddit had activated an automated moderation rule which had been too broad.