Two spirit

Prior to Christian intervention, fluid gender identities of the Native American Two Spirits were seen as a gift from the gods, says Pearson McKinney...

In Native American cultures, people that we would usually call gay or transgender are known as 'two-spirit people': people who embody both male and female spirits. Sometimes these two-spirit people are known in anthropological literature as 'berdache'. This video beautifully presents the two-spirit tradition. It emphasizes that the two-spirit role is a spiritual one, which makes it different from gay or lesbian identity, which is based on the physical and social. "Traditionally, the…

Her monochromatic drag style, which is often influenced by Indigenous culture, is anything but one-note.

An Indigenous, two-spirit musician from Edmonton has been named the winner of CBC Music's annual search for the best undiscovered voice in Canada.

"OMG, they won" , was my first initial reaction when I learned that Anthony Johnson (Navajo) and James Makokis (Cree) won this years Amazing Race Canada %

An inside look at the origins of the term "Two-Spirit," and the centuries of colonial violence and prejudice Two-Spirit people have faced.

Adrian Matthias Stevens and Sean Snyder are taking the powwow circuit by storm.

"\"Los Emberas\", is an original painting made by Félix d'Eon and is now available as a high-quality print. The Emberá are a tribe from Columbia. During the colonial era, many fled the Spanish and and went to Panama, where they now have long established villages. While many communities of indigenous peoples throughout the Americas acknowledge a gender identity which is often described as Two Spirit, the Emberá do not, and it is not known if they ever did. Wera Pa \"false woman,\" is the…

Prior to Christian intervention, fluid gender identities of the Native American Two Spirits were seen as a gift from the gods, says Pearson McKinney...

Prior to Christian intervention, fluid gender identities of the Native American Two Spirits were seen as a gift from the gods, says Pearson McKinney...