This lesson plan explores two-spirit traditions in some Native American cultures. Students will learn different perspectives on gender roles and gender expectations. They will contrast the beliefs and values within these traditions with those of early European immigrants. Visit lgbtqhistory.org to view the full lesson plan … [Read more...]

Watch this powerful interview with Siihasin Názbaa’ (they/them), a Diné Two-Spirit Water Protector. They discuss Two-Spirit identity, their experience on the frontlines opposing Line 3, and what it will take to break down the colonial systems that don’t serve our communities. Special thank you to GSA Network for sharing this interview   https://youtu.be/kNLB8iXFRCk … [Read more...]

Two-Spirit youth deserve culturally competent programming and they deserve a voice in creating it. GSA Network will launch a Two-Spirit Initiative to bridge the gap between Native youth organizing and LGBTQ+ youth organizing. This identity-based initiative provides space for youth to bring their cultural practice into their organizing activities and supports our organization’s efforts to decolonize our curricula. Learn more at gsanetwork.org/resources/two-spirit … [Read more...]

"America has not always delivered on its promise of equal dignity and respect for Native Americans.  For centuries, broken treaties, dispossession of ancestral lands, and policies of assimilation and termination sought to decimate Native populations and their ways of life.  But despite this painful history, Indigenous peoples, their governments, and their communities have persevered and flourished.  As teachers and scholars, scientists and doctors, writers and artists, business leaders and elected officials, heroes in uniform, and so much more, … [Read more...]