Hayden writes about deafness, disability, queerness, and their entanglements. His work has appeared in Sycamore Review, Passengers Journal, The Coil, Sensitive Content Magazine, and elsewhere. He was One Story’s 2025 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow and is a 2026 Lambda Literary Fellow. Originally from Indiana, he lives with his husband Daniel in Los Angeles and is writing his first novel.