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The two-spirit contingent marches at San Francisco Pride in 2013. Two-spirit (also known as two spirit or occasionally twospirited) [a] is a contemporary pan-Indian umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) social role in their communities.
Richard LaFortune, also known as Anguksuar (Yupik for Little Man), (born 1960 in Bethel, Alaska), [1] is a two spirit activist, author, community organizer, and artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [2] LaFortune was an early organizer of the Native American LGBT community in the 1980s and co-founded the Two Spirit Press Room (2SPR). [2]
Two-Spirit refers to a traditional role in Native American society, but not all indigenous queer people identify with the term.
The term has been culturally appropriated by non-Indigenous people.
In addition to serving on the board of for the American Indian Community House's board, he co-founded the NorthEast Two-Spirit Society (NE2SS) in New York City, [3] which organizes traditional cultural ceremonies for two-spirit Indigenous peoples. [4]
As they fight to reclaim their history, some in Montana’s Two-Spirit community are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary because it ‘infringes’ on their spiritual and cultural ...
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder was co-authored by Mary Louisa Plummer and published by the University of Manitoba Press in 2016. [2] It is the 18th title in the Native History Series published by the press. Methodologically, it combines social science and indigenous oral history. [6]
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