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Minnesota Rep. Susan Allen Is Two-Spirit, a Lesbian, and She Won’t Be Assimilated
Slate ^
| December 21, 2016
| Stephanie Weber
Posted on 12/24/2016 8:56:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
When Susan Allen was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012, she became the first openly lesbian Native American woman to win office in any state legislature. But framing that achievement as one for the lesbian community alone obscures another aspect of Allens identity, and one that is directly connected to her Native American ancestry: Allen also identifies as two-spirit. While Americans are increasingly familiar with the elements that make-up our modern LGBTQ abbreviation, other, often older queer identities like two-spirit remain unappreciated to the point of erasure. But if Allen and other two-spirit folks have their way, thats going to change.
For Rep. Allen, coming out as lesbian wasnt a huge struggle; her mother called her to ask if she was gay. She said thank you for telling me, and that was the end of the phone conversation, Allen recalled in an email. I was relieved that she asked. I didn't ask why. I don't remember any follow-up conversation. Coming out made me feel closer to my family. From then on, there was no real divisiveness in her family or her tribe. She even ran for office advocating for marriage equalitytheres no question that being an out and proud lesbian is important to her. But that word only describes her sexuality, and is thus only part of the story. To grasp a more complete picture of Allens queerness, you have to consider genderand thats where two-spirit comes in....
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TOPICS: Minnesota; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2creepy4words; democrats; freak; freaks; freaky; homosexualagenda; indians; minnesota
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh, “Tom-boy” isn’t exotic enough for our special snowflakes, is it?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’m sorry to break the news to her. . .but this isn’t what God had in mind.
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12/24/2016 9:00:48 PM PST
by
Maudeen
(No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Journalism just doesn’t get any worse than this.
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:01:57 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To grasp a more complete picture of Allens queerness, you have to consider gender and thats where two-spirit comes in... http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/12/21/susan_allen_minnesota_state_representative_is_lesbian_and_two_spirit_and.html HA! :^)
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:07:41 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: heterosupremacist
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:08:58 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: heterosupremacist
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:10:36 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To grasp a more complete picture of Allens queerness...No thanks. Why would I want to?
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:11:00 PM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: heterosupremacist
Hard sell, don’t wanna see her bunkmate...
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:15:15 PM PST
by
W.
(A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Whatever ... She sounds a little nutty to me.
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12/24/2016 9:24:50 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: heterosupremacist
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Two-spirit? Meaning possessed by a satanic entity?
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:28:16 PM PST
by
NetAddicted
(Just looking)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:29:16 PM PST
by
Leep
(Stronger without her!)
To: NetAddicted
Two-spirit...better watch out, it could end up being seven or more....
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12/24/2016 9:43:31 PM PST
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thulldud
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Another term. I can’t keep up.
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posted on
12/24/2016 9:49:22 PM PST
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peggybac
(My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’m really tired of hearing about all these weird alternative sexual lifestyle people. I couldn’t care less about what they do and don’t want to hear about it.
They seem to be trying to get on everyone’s last nerve.
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12/24/2016 9:53:21 PM PST
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Boomer
(You can't shame a leftist because they don't understand the concept of honor.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can’t read Slate. I break out in hives.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What a mess these people are, all the talk about is sex. When do the ever actually focus on their jobs?
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posted on
12/24/2016 10:24:31 PM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: RightGeek
To grasp a more complete picture of Allens queerness... Candidate Trump got in trouble for using language similar to that.
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12/24/2016 10:36:30 PM PST
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AZLiberty
(A is now A once again.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s perversion above all else with these people.
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12/24/2016 10:43:11 PM PST
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Trillian
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