Two Spirit Conference organizer Myk Mendez of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes in Idaho put it bluntly to attendees at a gathering of tribal citizens earlier this summer in Nevada: “I want people to not ...

The idea that two genders, or a gender binary, have always been the norm is shown thorughout history to be untrue—just look at Indigenous communities. It can be hard to imagine a society where strict ...

On April 1, the Multicultural Student Center in the Memorial Union held an educational event as part of the Pride Week celebrations at the University of Maine. Two-Spirit 101 was hosted by the Office ...

The Cowlitz are working to maintain their traditional values for their Two-Spirit relatives by protecting and providing gender-affirming care for their gender-diverse citizens through the tribe’s ...

Is the "North American berdache" merely a phantom in the imagination of Western social scientists? / Sue-Ellen Jacobs -- The Northern Athapaskan "berdache" reconsidered : on reading more than there is ...

The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow returned to Phoenix on Saturday to spotlight Indigenous LGBTQ+ and two-spirit people for a day of cultural celebration and community. Hosted at South Mountain Community ...

Arnold Dahl-Wooley, who grew up in northern Minnesota’s small towns and is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, realized as early as kindergarten that he wasn’t crushing on girls like other boys ...

Gender-diverse peoples have always existed. Cultures all over the world recognize gender diversity, including the Isangoma of Zulu Africa; Mahu peoples of Indigenous Hawaii; Kathooey, Bissu and Hijras ...

At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming ...