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Yukon 2SLGBTQ+ Resources

The Yukon's primary source for trans, non-binary and two-spirit information. This reource includes practical information for queer youth, like how to change your legal name and gender markers, as well as useful information for teachers in the Yukon and beyond, like 2SLGBTQ terminology.

Two-Spirit People of the First Nations

Really great resource for all teachers when teaching about Two-Spirit peoples and the sacred roles they've had in communities. Though the term "cross dressing" should generally be avoided, this resource offers a lot of insight about gender roles and identity expression from a historical Indigenous perspective.

Two-Spirit -- Conversations with Young Two-Spirit, Trans and Queer Indigenous People in Toronto

A series of interviews from Queer and/or trans and two-spirit Indigenous people between the ages of 18-35 living in Toronto. From the author: "This zine is about research I did on how young trans, queer and two-spirit* Indigenous people use the word two-spirit. I interviewed fellow young queer, trans, and two-spirit Indigenous people here in Toronto about two-spirit as a term – how we use it, how we see our communities using it, and the relationships between two-spirit and other words that are related to our genders, sexualities, and who we are as Indigenous peoples." This resource is also great for introducing high school students to qualititative university-level methods in an accessible way; the author discusses hypothesis-building, choosing methodology, and interview processes.

TWO SPIRIT, TRANS AND NONBINARY RESOURCES

List of resources for trans, two-spirit and non-binary people in British Columbia. Resources range from helping Trans youth with legal name changes to helping teachers better understand how to teach Trans youth.

Tool Kits

A great collection of 5 Resource Kits for trans youth, with topics ranging from mental and physical health to Indigenous art and youth leadership.

Our Coming In Sotires: Cree Identity, Body Sovereignty and Gender Self-Determination

From the author: "This presentation will share an understanding of Cree traditional law and discuss its contemporary application in relation to gender and sexual diversity. I will offer a brief history of how the sexuality and bodies of Indigenous, specifically Cree two spirit (LGBTQ) people became regulated through governmental and church policy and discuss how the social movement Idle No More has validated traditional understandings and practices. Through research and examples, personal observations, stories and experiences, the meaning and importance of body sovereignty and gender self-determination and expression will be presented as necessary aspects of undoing systemic forms of oppression and revisioning as a positive ‘coming in’ process."

NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field

Billy-Ray Belcourt is a writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He won the Griffin Poetry Prize for his first poetry collection, This Wound is a World. In Ndn Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field, Belcourt weaves between poetry, poetics, prose and textual art to highlight the resilience and presence of Indigenous Peoples. Part One examines every day realities of reserve life, intergenerational trauma, and queerness, while part two explores colonial logics underlining texts like Treaty 8.

MONTREAL RESOURCES

A comprehensive list of resrouces for two-spirit and queer individuals in Quebec, including infographics, websites of local health centres, a text line for sexual education. Of particular note is the "Indigenous & 2-Spirit Resources," which links to several resources guiding about inclusion of Indigenous & 2-Spirit youth in group activity, and different Two-Spirit identities across Turtle Island. In this section are countless links and books full of information for teachers to incorporate into their classroom curricula.

Jonny Appleseed

Oji-Cree/nehiyaw two-spirit/Indigiqueer writer Joshua Whitehead’s Jonny Appleseed is about a ”young two-spirit/Indigiqueer NDN glitter princess” named Jonny trying to get back to the rez from the big city in time for his stepfather’s funeral. Jonny had a difficult relationship with his stepfather, Roger. He not only made Jonny feel bad for being queer, but also “called me an apple when I told him I wanted to leave the rez. ‘You’re red on the outside,’ he said, ‘and white on the inside.’” Still, Jonny knows that without Roger, his “Momma’s got the sick of loneliness, the kind that’ll turn your liver into coal” and he loves his mother, so he decides to go back so he can support her. This book is beautifully narrated and thoughtprovoking, dealing with topics like sex work, Urban indigeneity, poverty and the intersections between queer identity and Indigenous culture.

Indigiqueer

From the creators: "We join forces with two amazing Indigenous writers and scholars who are making waves in the literary scene with their poetry, prose, and fiction. They weave words and worlds to help us see and understand queer indigenous identities and bodies, the ways that settler colonialism has disrupted and distorted our relationships, and the power of asserting voice in spaces not meant for us." Interviewees are Joshua Whitehead (who is Ojibwe & Cree, from the Peguis First Nation, located in Treaty 1 territory, and is Two Spirit IndigiQueer) and Billiy-Ray Belcourt (who is from the Driftpile Cree Nation and is a PhD student in the Department of English & Film Studies at the University of Alberta); work from both of these authors is featured in this resource list.There is a small mention of sexual assault about halfway through the episode, so teachers should listen through first, warn their classes and be prepared with resources for survivors.

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