On February 9th, the burnt remains of a Pride rainbow flag, that was raised on February 5 for the University of British Columbia’s OUTweek, were discovered. Through a facebook post on February 11th, the host organization, The Pride Collective, thanked the wider UBC and Vancouver communities for their solidarity after it became known about the …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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Two-Spirit to join BOYCOTT
(St. Albert, AB) On February 5th, 2016, staff members and clients of Poundmakers Lodge Treatment Centre were allegedly subjected to racial profiling by the staff of a Toronto Dominion Bank located in St. Albert, AB and also by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). In a interview with Two-Spirit Journal, the Executive Director of …Continue Reading
Two-Spirit Employment Opportunity
Toronto based Egale Canada Human Rights Trust is looking to fill a new position in their organization – Two-Spirit Projects Coordinator & Facilitator. With this job posting, Egale acknowledges the unique history and experience of the Two-Spirit community and how the current non-Native LGBT framework, discussions and work is inadequate when it comes to working …Continue Reading
World’s Largest and Only Public Two-Spirit Pow-wow
On Saturday February 20th, 2016, the 5th annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit (BAAITS) Powwow will be held at Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Grand Entry will be at 12:00 PM and at 7:00 PM. The event is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. …Continue Reading
December 10 – Two-Spirit Day of Action for Health
(Washington, DC) On December 10th the Two-Spirit community will be the focus for this year’s “National LGBTQ2S Week of Action for Enrollment”, December 7th – 11th. With just over a week left to enroll for your coverage to start on January 1st, there will be a big push to let the Two-Spirit community know about the …Continue Reading
Medicare To Support Gender Reassignment Surgery
(Washington, DC) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering if medicare should pay for gender reassignment surgery and gender dysphoria treatments. To assist CMS with this decision, the agency is requesting public comments and input on a review of the available evidence and conduct a national coverage determination (NCD) review to determine …Continue Reading
Honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People
(Ottawa, ON) On Friday, September 25, Walking With Our Sisters opened at the Carleton University Art Gallery and will be there until October 16, 2015. Walking With Our Sisters is a massive commemorative art installation comprised of 1,763+ pairs of unfinished moccasin plus 108 pairs of unfinished children’s moccasins created and donated by hundreds of …Continue Reading
IHS Hosts Two-Spirit Listening Session – 9/11/15 at 1pm EST
(WASHINGTON, DC) Indian Health Service (IHS) is holding another meeting to garner information from members of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Two-Spirit community in an effort to advance and promote the health needs to Two-Spirit community. This second meeting will be held on September 11, 2015 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST at Health and …Continue Reading
Two-Spirit Youth Webinar 9/1/15 @ 1pm EDT
On September 1, 2015 at 1:00 to 2:30pm (EDT), Tribal Training & Technical Center offers “We Are All One Family, Let’s Not Make This “Just a Dream” Indigenous Two-Spirit Youth Sharing of Personal Stories” webinar. Dominique Briggs, 15, Yakama, Mexican and White Shea Norris, 23, Oglala Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Otta Belle Moddy, 30, …Continue Reading
Tribal Leaders Affirm Two-Spirit Support
St. Paul, Minnesota – The National Congress of the American Indians (NCAI) at their 2015 Mid Year Conference made Two-Spirit history with the passage of a Two-Spirit resolution declaring their “…support of the full equality of all tribal persons including Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender tribal citizens in the interest of furthering the cause …Continue Reading