hey you know itâs possible to include two spirits in the lgbt community who wish to be included while not including those who donât want to be right?
and that no person in our community speaks for all of us? that not all of us hold the same view about being considered lgbt?
because iâm getting really tired of people continually telling everyone to not include us at all and encouraging people to remove the little amount of positivity that exists, and even telling us to stop including ourselves
include us who want to be included, dont include those that donât want to be, and donât say that none of us can be included because some people prefer not to be when no single person speaks for us all
basically, let us decide for ourselves
this is ok to rb
im just gonna add on bc i feel like a lot of ppl who arent native american misunderstand this bc they dont know what 2spirit like. MEANS. it was coined as a blanket term for pan-tribal usage (no this is not supporting pan-indigineity dw) since every tribe has their own gender identities & sexual orientations and etc.
for example, navajos have dilbaa and nadleehi, which are specific identities that fall under the umbrella of 2spirit (though i dont want to dismiss that recently there are people who will use a sort of non-denominational â2spiritâ to refer to themselves the way someone might call themselves âqueerâ, for a whole variety of reasons).
so, because itâs already encompassing a ton of identities, youâll get people who are like âoh im x y z gender but i dont consider myself lgbt because my identity already existed and was accepted pre-colonialismâ or simply âi dont want to be referred to within the framework of a colonialist cultureâ or people who are like âyeah my identity existed pre-colonialism but now i suffer under the same sorts of discrimination so i consider myself lgbtâ or âiâm mixed/raised off-rez and i feel a connection to both lgbt and 2spirit identitiesâ and etc etc etc. every flavor under the sun! like i consider myself lgbt but NOT nonbinary since a binary never existed in my tribe in the first place, but some natives love the term nonbinary and consider themselves to be that, and thatâs totally fine too.
like OP said itâs literally all up to the individual! because 2spirit isnât an exact identity, it does no one any favors to leave us out entirely. (also disclaimer 2s is pretty complicated and there are some uses im leaving out for brevity lol)
