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two spirit

Speech parts

1. two spirit - Noun

2. two spirit - Adjective

Meaning

two spirit (plural two spirits)

Alternative form of two-spirit


two-spirit (plural two-spirits)

A Native (North) American gender-variant, homosexual or bisexual person (especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender, fourth-gender or transgender cultural category that has a ceremonial role).


two-spirit (not comparable)

Pertaining to or being a two-spirit.


two-spirit (not comparable)

(theology) Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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two-spirit

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Examples

Cree Anishinaabe two-spirit artist Alley Yapput recently completed a pair of unicorn mukluks for one lucky toddler. Source: Internet

Youthco’s Mpowerment Fraser, a “trans-inclusive and gender-affirming program by and for young men and gender diverse folks who are gay, bi, Two-Spirit or queer,” is hosting a night where you can chat and munch on some free food, provided by Cob’s Bread. Source: Internet

Some cultures include third-gender ( two-spirit or transgender) individuals, such as the berdache of the Zuni in New Mexico. Source: Internet

How would you define Two-Spirit? Source: Internet

However, some societies explicitly incorporate people who adopt the gender role opposite to their biological sex; for example, the two-spirit people of some indigenous American peoples. Source: Internet

Yahima is a two-spirit individual who Titus found on his journeys and used to decipher the language from the Book of Names. Source: Internet

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