As you may know from all the news accounts, COVID-19 is a new (novel) coronavirus that is a respiratory (or lung) infection. The number of cases worldwide is changing quickly. Until the #Two-Spirit Journal learns more here are some simple steps to take to protect yourself, all your loved ones and all those in your …Continue Reading
Author: Harlan Pruden
Harlan Pruden, First Nation Cree, works with and for the Two-Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally. Harlan is an Educator at the BC Center for Disease Control's Chee Mamuk program, an Indigenous public health program. Harlan is also the Managing Editor of the TwoSpiritJournal.com.
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SEX NOW!! ……. Survey is Open – Enter to Win a $500 Travel Card!
(Update: SEXNOW Survey is now closed. Now all we have to is be patience and wait for the results.) (Vancouver, BC) Looking for a “few good” Canadian #Two-Spirit men …. to take the SEX NOW Survey, a national survey for guys who are into guys and who are at least 15 years of age and …Continue Reading
SFO Museum Debuts New Two-Spirit Films
(San Francisco, CA) The SFO Museum, conveniently located at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), is screening two new #Two-Spirit films throughout November. November is Native American Heritage Month and Transgender Awareness Month, so the museum is showing “Mino Bimaadiziwin” by filmmaker Shane McSauby, a citizen of the Gichi Wiikwedong Odawa Anishinaabek. This film is about a trans youth who …Continue Reading
Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit Exhibit Closes
(Sault Ste. Marie, ON) 180 Projects, a Sault Ste. Marie Art Gallery, is hosting a closing reception of their current exhibition, Visiting, features the work of young Indigenous women and #Two-Spirit artists. Featured artists Shelby Gagnon, Roxanne Martin, Samantha Pine-Bennett, and Rihkee Strapp will have a variety of works on display including painting, sculptural works and …Continue Reading
Two-Spirit Participation at 2019 APHA
(Philadelphia, PA) The #Two-Spirit Journal met up with Mr. Elton Naswood, is Navajo, Dine of the Near to the Water People Clan, born for the Edge Water People Clan, his maternal grandfather’s clan is of the Mexican People, his paternal grandfather’s clan is of the Tangle People, at the 2019 of American Public Health Association …Continue Reading
The Power to Say, NO and to Chart a New (and old) Path!
Jenny Davis, a #Two-Spirit scholar and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, recently published article titled “Refusing (Mis)Recognition: Navigating Multiple Marginalization in the U.S. Two Spirit Movement.” Davis wrote and published this article as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology, American Indian Studies, and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where she is the director …Continue Reading
Two-Spirit Seeks Federal Office
(Waterloo, Ont.) Lori Campbell, a #Two-Spirit Cree-Metis women, has thrown their hat into the ring and seeking to be the next Member of Parliament for the Kitchener—Waterloo riding. According to The FAUW Blog, “Lori Campbell is a 2-Spirit nēhiyaw atāpihtāwikosisān iskwew. Okawiya mōniyawi-sākahikanihk, Treaty 6 territory in kīwētinohk kisiskāciwan ohcīw. (Translation: a 2-Spirit Cree-Métis woman. …Continue Reading
Reducing Stigma for Two-Spirit People in Healthcare Settings
(Portland, Or) Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) announces the release of “There’s Heart Here”, a short documentary that follows Two Spirit and LGBTQ individuals as they journey toward self-acceptance, supportive healthcare, and communities that celebrate them. “The film was initially conceived as a way of addressing and decreasing stigma surrounding Two-Spirit and LGBTQ …Continue Reading
Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation partners with OUTSaskatoon to host Two Spirit Powwow
(Saskatoon, SK – Treaty 6 Territory) – History will be made on Saturday, June 15, 2019, when Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation will partner with OUTSaskatoon to host the first-ever on-reserve #Two-Spirit Powwow as a part of this year’s Saskatoon Pride. “We are thrilled to partner with OUTSaskatoon and host the first-ever Two Spirit Powwow on …Continue Reading
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The HIV HOWLER: Transmitting Art and Activism
The Publishers + Editors of HIV Howler, Anthea Black and Jessica Whitbread, are looking for HIV+ #Two-Spirit artists, writers and activists to submit submissions for the 4th issue of The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art and Activism, a newspaper focusing on global grassroots HIV art and cultural production, to be released in July 2019. The HIV …Continue Reading