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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.
Two Spirit Society of Denver marches at PrideFest Denver, 2011. Traditional gender roles among Native American and First Nations peoples tend to vary greatly by region and community. As with all Pre-Columbian era societies, historical traditions may or may not reflect contemporary attitudes.
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 ...
Indigenous activists have been organizing protests and vigils relating to missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit individuals for decades. [114] The Native Women's Association of Canada was one of many organizations that created a database of missing and murdered Indigenous women. [115]
Sherenté Mishitashin Harris, a gender-queer Fancy Shawl dancer, is the subject of documentary 'Being Thunder.'
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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]
Two-Spirit refers to a traditional role in Native American society, but not all indigenous queer people identify with the term.