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In the Native American community, we have an LGBTQ+ term called Two-Spirit

It's commonly mistaken as an umbrella term for any LGBTQ+ Native American, but it's a lot more than that. It's a form of spiritual identification. It's those who fulfill both masculine and feminine gender roles in our culture. It was first coined in 1990 and while it's not widely accepted among all indigenous communities, it's become large enough to spawn its own distinct community which includes numerous indigenous peoples who identify as LGBTQ+. Some criticize the "two-spirit" term as being just another unnecessary label, but I say only if one is using it as such. When they're using it for ceremonial roles in their culture, obviously, it's more than just a label to them and that makes them an important part of modern Native American culture.

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The Zapotec also have a "third gender" category that refers to males who dress like women and fulfill a female role in society.
Archeologically speaking, this is nothing new:
Two Spiritedness was sacred, they were often called
to Serve the Great Mother, as Shamans and other 'Holy' People, in their communities.
This goes back to the Last Ice age, and beyond that
BlueVeins · 22-25
ancient (for lack of a better word) cultures accepting trans ppl is based as hell
ArminArlert · 22-25, M
Wow. That's actually really cool. Thank you for sharing.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Sounds a whole lot easier and nicer to say then LGBTQI-WTF?
Torsten · 36-40, M
how do you feel about those who are not native American take on the two-spirit culture?
@Torsten More power to them. Who says only the indigenous can?
Torsten · 36-40, M
@PerchingDove Interesting
Caitbot · 22-25, T
Native Americans really said trans rights hundreds of years before anyone else. Hella based
SilkandLace2 · 46-50, M
That's really interesting, cool

 
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