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Yes, there really is a place in society for you. Except you haven't shown any of the spiritual attributes that come with being a two spirit.......

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Who are Two Spirit? Two Spirit is a contemporary name given to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender American Indians and refers to the holistic relationship of both genders in one individual. Worldwide, indigenous tribes have celebrated Two Spirit people; they often held important decision-making positions and were sought out for spiritual advice.

"Two Spirit for me is the man and woman [in one body] together," said Antonio Ramirez, an Aztec living in Wichita and a Two-Spirit man who came to support his friends in the wedding.

Two Spirits' nondefined gender roles conflicted with the Christian ideology of the first European settlers and, because of assimilation, Two Spirit people became repressed and virtually forgotten. For the past 20 years, there has been a resurgence. Two Spirit societies have been formed in Denver, Tulsa, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Northeast and Northwest, and throughout Canada.

"[F]or us as Two Spirited people, we need to learn our roles, instill ourselves with power and medicine to take the message of our roles to our Native people," said John Hawk Co-Cke, an Osage and an activist from the Tulsa Two Spirits Society. "We are going back and telling our people that this is our role, this is our place."
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