stellar808: Two Spirits | A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures 

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Two Spirits | A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures 

11 months ago

Apologies

This is a quick apology for the lack of posting recently on this blog. My computer managed to survive through finals week (a month ago) then join its fellow obsolete technological brethren. I haven’t posted as I feel guilty monopolizing the roommate’s computer for extensive chunks of time in order to keep updating. I will try and post again once I have a new fully functioning machine. Also, posting will probably (and very unfortunately) die out eventually as I venture in the frightening world that is medical school soon. SO grab what you can now so we can keep the information circulating even once this blog is kaput.

11 months ago

FYQueerIndigenous: Moononwaters Writes: Two spirit, same but different.

fuckyeahqueerindigenous:

So here I am taking the torch to explain what Two Spirit, in general and personally, means. It is separate and distinct from LGBTQIA realms, but sometimes intermingles. I would like to note that normal in terms of indigenous population was things that happened in nature and thus in tribal…

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1 year ago

'In the Tropics There is No Sin': Sexuality and Gay-Lesbian Movements in the Third World

Has a fairly decent overview of different “queer” (for lack of an overarching term that qualifies for the multiplicity of cultures explored) indigenous understandings. Of course, this is definitely open to criticism as it was written by someone who clearly cannot encompass all the cultures presented.

1 year ago
Description from Cross Campus  Queer Network (Western Australia) of The Story in the Painting “ANWERNEKENHE – Us Mob”by Gloria BeckettThe painting represents the coming together of the indigenous Gay men and Sista-girls from across Australia who attended the First National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gay men and Transgender Sexual Health Conference held at Hamilton Downs, on the 31 October – 4 November 1994. The word “Anwernekenhe” meaning ‘Us Mob’ is the name permitted to be used as the respected traditional name for the conference by the Arrernte people, on whose land the conference was held. Sadly the artist Aunty Gloria Beckett passed away in Brisbane in 2003.

Description from Cross Campus  Queer Network (Western Australia) of The Story in the Painting “ANWERNEKENHE – Us Mob”
by Gloria Beckett
The painting represents the coming together of the indigenous Gay men and Sista-girls from across Australia who attended the First National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gay men and Transgender Sexual Health Conference held at Hamilton Downs, on the 31 October – 4 November 1994.

The word “Anwernekenhe” meaning ‘Us Mob’ is the name permitted to be used as the respected traditional name for the conference by the Arrernte people, on whose land the conference was held. Sadly the artist Aunty Gloria Beckett passed away in Brisbane in 2003.

1 year ago

What If It Doesn't Get Better? Queer and Aboriginal Youth Suicide

1 year ago

Our Relatives Said: A Wise Practices Guide Voices of Aboriginal Trans-People

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1 year ago

weddingequality:

Mark Vontillius and Richard Lime, September 2007

Seeley Lake, Montana

In some Native American traditions, lgbt people are called two-spirited because they are seen to embody both masculine and feminine qualities. This video portrays a two-spirit wedding in Montana. 

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1 year ago

Secret Weapons by Adam Garnet Jones (Canada, 2008)

Negotiating his queer and Aboriginal identities, Adam Garnet Jones reflects upon growing up in fear of AIDS and upon the lasting effects of colonization in his community.

1 year ago
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I looked into your dark eyes with shock when you asked me if I could do a traditional Indian dance to entertain these mostly white faces. All these white faces except yours and a few others I could count on one hand and I spit out the word NO like a rock hoping its sound falling to the floor would wake you up from all these lies they’ve fed us

Excerpt from “At the Queer Conference Dinner”, a poem in Walking with Ghosts written by Cherokee queer/Two-Spirit writer, scholar, and performer Qwo-Li Driskill.

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1 year ago