The term "Two Spirit" is being used by the Indigenous queer community to help them claim not just their gender identity, but their ethnic and spiritual heritage, too.Subscribe to BESE:
The term "Two Spirit" became official in 1990, to describe Native American people who are believed to be blessed with both male and female spirits. But the concept of gender fluidity has existed in Native culture for centuries. In this episode of BESE Explains, Paola Ramos tells us how a group that was once celebrated by its community has had to fight to keep itself from being erased.
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