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For Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month, Dennis Zotigh, a cultural specialist at the Natnal Mm of the Amerin Indian, ved Native iends to tell how their tradnal culture saw s LGBTQ members. A Chirihua Apache iend replied, “Now, Dennis, this is a human qutn, not [jt] Native.” We agree. But we also appreciate hearg what Native Amerins have learned, renstcted, or been unable to renstct about this part of our shared history and experience.

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TWO-SPIR PEOPLE: GAYS ACCEPTED BY NATIVE AMERINS

June is Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month the Uned Stat. Native natns are siar to other world populatns the mographic reprentatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals.

NATIVE AMERIN YEARNS FOR OLD VIEWS OF GAYS, LBIANS

Adopted as part of the morn pan-Indian vobulary 1990 durg the third annual ter-tribal Native Amerin/First Natns Gay and Lbian Amerin Conference, Wnipeg, Manoba, refers to dividuals who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgenr, transsexual, or genr-fluid. For our pri observance this year, the mm asked our Native iends, “How did your tribe tradnally view dividuals who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr? My grandmother, the late Lucy Lewis, had gay and lbian iends.

THE SURPRISG HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE THE NAVAJO NATN

had a clear homosexual nnotatn.

MORE THAN JT THE “GAY INDIANS”

Rather than emphasisg the homosexualy of the persons, however,. were fluenced by their own homophobic prejudic to distort. spoe of two-spir people did not see themselv as "homosexual".

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

The surprisg history of gay marriage the Navajo natn .

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