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2-Spirits of Pride – Pride Week with HIM
Join in on this event to hear stories and listen to teachings from two-spirit people. We encourage people who want to listen to come to hear about two-spirit history, identity, and legacies, from the voices of people who are so often unheard and silenced. This is an opportunity to learn, unlearn, and consider the ways that many of us contribute to ongoing erasure, and colonization.
Many cultural traditions and practices of the peoples of Turtle Island have often been misrepresented or suppressed. This especially holds true for Indigenous notions and practices of sex, gender, gender-roles, gender-expressions and sexuality. This community dialogue takes up the discussion of what and who is Two-Spirit by featuring some of the sociohistorical documentation from a nation-specific standpoint while supplementing these records and narratives with deconstructed colonial accounts. A brief overview is offered on how this burgeoning body of knowledge is used to (re)lean and (re)claim respect, honor and dignity for Two-Spirit individuals and communities as they navigate and negotiate Indigenous and LGBTQI+ spaces, places and communities.
This dialogue will centre two-spirit voices, a presentation will be made by a two-spirit speaker, and a moderated Q&A and discussion will follow.
This group is open to self-identified men (trans, cis, and other men), two-spirit and non-binary folks who also identify as gay, bi, queer, asexual, and/or as guys who are into/or have sex with guys (for any reason – including for work).