22. Queer Before Columbus: Two-Spirit Native Americans

The vibrant diversity of gender-fluid and non-binary individuals in Native American cultures; the tragic ban of same-sex marriages by the Navajo Nation Council; and the role of Christian churches in a cultural genocide, which attempted to erase the history of Two-Spirit individuals and their unique and respected roles in many tribes.

Quoted or referenced in podcast:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/23/navajo-gay-marriage-ban-lgbtq/

https://lgbtqhealth.ca/community/two-spirit.php

https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/health/twospirit/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/11/two-spirit-people-north-america

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203%3A28&version=RSV

Additional References

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/the-history-of-two-spirit-folks

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13845330/5-two-spirit-heroes-who-paved-the-way-for-todays-native-lgbtq-community

https://www.them.us/story/lgbtq-two-spirit-native-americans-changing-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit

Podcast produced by: ⁠⁠Elton Sherwin⁠⁠

Audio edited and enhanced with: ⁠⁠Descript Studio Sound ⁠⁠ 

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