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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis comes out May 13 from Algonquin Books In an exclusive excerpt shared with PEOPLE, a ...

When Europeans colonized North America centuries ago, they imposed on Indigenous peoples their language, clothing, food, economy, education and religion. Through the same process of forced ...

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 ...

Doubleweaving is an indigenous basket weaving technique in Southeastern traditions in which separate inside and outside patterns emerge through one continuous weave. Drawing on this concept as both a ...

Participants dance during the 4th annual Two-Spirit Powwow at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Thursday. The event, themed “Reclaiming Our Identities,” celebrates Two-Spirit people through ...

Caro De Robertis and Vivian Marie Varela Lugo, one of the BIPOC queer elders interviewed in So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color | Caro De ...

We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, and now a new oral history is on the way to inspire and encourage trans and LGBTQ+ youth. Below, in an exclusive excerpt shared with PEOPLE, a ...