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 ...

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 ...

Is the "North American berdache" merely a phantom in the imagination of Western social scientists? / Sue-Ellen Jacobs -- The Northern Athapaskan "berdache" reconsidered : on reading more than there is ...

Arnold Dahl-Wooley, who grew up in northern Minnesota’s small towns and is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, realized as early as kindergarten that he wasn’t crushing on girls like other boys ...

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 ...

The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow returned to Phoenix on Saturday to spotlight Indigenous LGBTQ+ and two-spirit people for a day of cultural celebration and community. Hosted at South Mountain Community ...

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 ...

In 'So Many Stars', 20 LGBTQ+ elders share their wisdom, encouragement and hope for the next generation A new oral history for trans and LGBTQ+ youth is on the way So Many Stars: An Oral History of ...

Arnold Dahl-Wooley, a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, concealed his identity as a young man due to societal pressures. Dahl-Wooley later embraced his Two-Spirit identity and now advocates for ...

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. So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, ...