“As I began to embrace Two Spiritedness as a way of being in the world I did meet other (Two Spirit) folks and we are all so very different...”
In our conversation with Lynn Young, a Native American faith leader, Lynn expresses zir experience as a Two Spirit person. See the conversation with Lynn below and watch our series of videos with faith leaders on our YouTube channel.
Online Resources
Two Spirit Terminology and Identity
Two Spirits – film
Two-Spirit: The Journey of Indigenous Gender Identity
A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures
Cherokee “Two Spirits”: Gender, Ritual, and Spirituality in the Native South by Gregory D. Smithers
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Queer Saint Tibira and Two-Spirit Native Americans Remembered
Books
Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality by Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang
Gender in Pre-Hispanic America by Cecelia F. Klein
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Myths from the Arapaho to the Zuñi: An Anthology by Jim Elledge