Two-Spirit Identity in a Time of Gender Fluidity

• Published in: Journal of homosexuality Vol. 67; no. 12; pp. 1675 - 1690
• Main Author: Robinson, Margaret
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 14.10.2020; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Colonialism; Colonization; Gender; Gender identity; Indigenous; Indigenous peoples; language; Minority groups; Non-binary gender; Resistance; Two-Spirit; colonialism; language; non-binary gender; Indigenous; Two-spirit

Indigenous sexual and gender minority people have been identifying as two-spirit since 1990 and are reclaiming traditional Indigenous gender terms such as nádleehí or agokwe. At the same time, Settler-dominated communities are undergoing a cultural shift toward challenging binary categories of sex a...