Appeal To The Great Spirit
Dear Great Spirit, What the heck is this "two-spirit" thing? I've been a First Nation all my life and never heard of it EITHER!
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 Allen’s 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, that’s going to change.
For Rep. Allen, coming out as lesbian wasn’t 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 equality—there’s 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 Allen’s queerness, you have to consider gender—and that’s where two-spirit comes in....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
I dont see any reason for any of, our side to ever resign because one of these nutjobs gets offended by something.
I can’t keep up with all these terms, either. Someone “comes out” as having some weird obsession, fetish, delusion or whatever and the media praise it and suddenly everyone is expected to know all about whatever it is and we are supposed to praise it as if it is some great accomplishment.
Do they get their own bathrooms????
Why are they leaving out the Robosexuals?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4060440/Woman-reveals-love-ROBOT-wants-marry-it.html
How so?
Poor grammar? Lack of fact-checking? Obvious bias? What?
(I have my own opinion on the journalistic deficiencies of this piece - in particular, it takes far too long to finally explain what "two-spirit" even means - but wonder why you would post your opinion without any further explanations or qualifications.)
Regards,
I usually suggested they hit control, alt-delete and reboot as an adult.
Interesting article when taken in the context of the presumed agenda...
Celebrate mental illness.
It used to be called a multiple personality disorder. Now its called greatness.
Do they get their own bathrooms????
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Two of them.
I’ve been a two spirit person a long time. Sometimes whisky, sometimes beer.
A lesbian Native American woman? Looks like the Democrats have found their nominee for 2020.
... Unless she’s upstaged by a blind transgendered Inuit dwarf bowler.
She-Who-Munches-On-Buffalo-Hide
I’m impressed...just like I’m impressed with Bull Manure. I guess I should be more impressed. Here it goes: ‘Whoopi!’. OK back to real life...Merry Christmas!
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
We used to use the word “deranged” to describe such a person.
I don’t buy the happy parents BS stories.
NORMAL parents do no accept and generally shun such offspring.
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