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When the term is used as a synonym for a traditional ceremonial role (for which there will be an already-existing term in that culture's Indigenous language) a traditional two spirit must be recognized as such by the Elders of their Indigenous community.<ref name=Estrada/><ref name=NYT2/> Inclusion in this list is not an indication of whether or not that is the case. | When the term is used as a synonym for a traditional ceremonial role (for which there will be an already-existing term in that culture's Indigenous language) a traditional two spirit must be recognized as such by the Elders of their Indigenous community.<ref name=Estrada/><ref name=NYT2/> Inclusion in this list is not an indication of whether or not that is the case. | ||
* Susan Allen (Lakota), Minnesota State Representative<ref name=Allen>{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Stephanie |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/12/21/susan_allen_minnesota_state_representative_is_lesbian_and_two_spirit_and.html |title=Minnesota Rep. Susan Allen Is Two-Spirit, a Lesbian, and She Won't Be Assimilated |website=Slate (magazine) |date=December 21, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref> | * [[Susan Allen]] (Lakota), Minnesota State Representative<ref name=Allen>{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Stephanie |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/12/21/susan_allen_minnesota_state_representative_is_lesbian_and_two_spirit_and.html |title=Minnesota Rep. Susan Allen Is Two-Spirit, a Lesbian, and She Won't Be Assimilated |website=Slate (magazine) |date=December 21, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref> | ||
* [[Alec Butler]] (Métis), Canadian playwright and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |first=Gloria |last=Kim | * [[Alec Butler]] (Métis), Canadian playwright and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |first=Gloria |last=Kim | ||
|url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050912_112043_112043&source=srch |title=Why be just one sex? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613195234/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050912_112043_112043&source=srch |archive-date=2010-06-13 |website=Maclean's |date=September 8, 2005}}</ref> | |url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050912_112043_112043&source=srch |title=Why be just one sex? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613195234/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050912_112043_112043&source=srch |archive-date=2010-06-13 |website=Maclean's |date=September 8, 2005}}</ref> | ||
* Chrystos (Menominee), writer and activist<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sorrel |first1=Lorraine |title=Review: Not Vanishing |journal=off our backs |date=March 31, 1989 |volume=19 |issue= 3}}</ref> | * [[Chrystos]] (Menominee), writer and activist<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sorrel |first1=Lorraine |title=Review: Not Vanishing |journal=off our backs |date=March 31, 1989 |volume=19 |issue= 3}}</ref> | ||
* Raven Davis (Ojibwe), artist, activist, and traditional cultural worker<ref name=RavenDavis>{{cite web |last1=Lewis-Peart |first1=David |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/20/raven-davis-racism-self-care_n_9481120.html |title=Raven Davis On Racism And Self-Care |publisher=The Huffington Post Canada |date=20 March 2016 |accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref> | * [[Raven Davis]] (Ojibwe), artist, activist, and traditional cultural worker<ref name=RavenDavis>{{cite web |last1=Lewis-Peart |first1=David |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/20/raven-davis-racism-self-care_n_9481120.html |title=Raven Davis On Racism And Self-Care |publisher=The Huffington Post Canada |date=20 March 2016 |accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref> | ||
* Bretten Hannam (Mi'kmaq/Ojibwe), filmmaker<ref>Jordan Parker, [https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/two-spirit-filmmaker-puts-queer-representation-first-in-films-2-photos-946347 "Two-Spirit filmmaker puts queer representation first in films"]. ''Halifax Today'', June 12, 2018.</ref> | * [[G.R. Gritt]] (Anishinaabe-Métis), musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotlight on: G.R. Gritt |author= |work=Ontario Performing Arts Presenting Network |date=1 February 2020 |access-date=2 October 2020 |url= https://ontariopresents.ca/blog/spotlight-gr-gritt}}</ref> | ||
* Richard LaFortune (Yupik), activist, author and artist<ref name="Two Spirit People">{{Cite book |title=Two Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality |last1=Jacobs |first1=Sue-Ellen |last2=Thomas |first2=Wesley |last3=Lang |first3=Sabine |date=1997 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252066450 |oclc=421792266 |ref=harv |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/uneasycareersint0000unse }}</ref> | * [[Bretten Hannam]] (Mi'kmaq/Ojibwe), filmmaker<ref>Jordan Parker, [https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/two-spirit-filmmaker-puts-queer-representation-first-in-films-2-photos-946347 "Two-Spirit filmmaker puts queer representation first in films"]. ''Halifax Today'', June 12, 2018.</ref> | ||
* James Makokis (Cree), physician<ref name="Boudjikanian">Raffy Boudjikanian, ''[https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/a-cree-doctors-caring-approach-for-transgender-patients A Cree doctor's caring approach for transgender patients]'', CBC News</ref> | * [[Richard LaFortune]] (Yupik), activist, author and artist<ref name="Two Spirit People">{{Cite book |title=Two Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality |last1=Jacobs |first1=Sue-Ellen |last2=Thomas |first2=Wesley |last3=Lang |first3=Sabine |date=1997 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252066450 |oclc=421792266 |ref=harv |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/uneasycareersint0000unse }}</ref> | ||
* Kent Monkman (Cree), visual and performing artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mason-studio.com/journal/2012/03/kent-monkman-sexuality-of-miss-chief/|title=Kent Monkman: Sexuality of Miss Chief|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> | * [[James Makokis]] (Cree), physician<ref name="Boudjikanian">Raffy Boudjikanian, ''[https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/a-cree-doctors-caring-approach-for-transgender-patients A Cree doctor's caring approach for transgender patients]'', CBC News</ref> | ||
* Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee), activist and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Women Making History: Five Fast Facts About Rebecca Nagle, The Indigenous Activist Upsetting Rape Culture |url=http://www.theextraordinarynegroes.com/theblog/extraordinary-women-making-history-five-fast-facts-about-rebecca-nagle-the-indigenous-activist-upsetting-rape-culture |website=The Extraordinary Negroes |accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref> | * [[Kent Monkman]] (Cree), visual and performing artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mason-studio.com/journal/2012/03/kent-monkman-sexuality-of-miss-chief/|title=Kent Monkman: Sexuality of Miss Chief|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> | ||
* Harlan Pruden (Cree), scholar and activist<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/nyregion/17spirit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Going Far From Home to Feel at Home"], ''The New York Times'', July 17, 2007.</ref> | * [[Rebecca Nagle]] (Cherokee), activist and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Women Making History: Five Fast Facts About Rebecca Nagle, The Indigenous Activist Upsetting Rape Culture |url=http://www.theextraordinarynegroes.com/theblog/extraordinary-women-making-history-five-fast-facts-about-rebecca-nagle-the-indigenous-activist-upsetting-rape-culture |website=The Extraordinary Negroes |accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
* [[Harlan Pruden]] (Cree), scholar and activist<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/nyregion/17spirit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Going Far From Home to Feel at Home"], ''The New York Times'', July 17, 2007.</ref> | |||
* [[Smokii Sumac]] (Ktunaxa), poet and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Smokii Sumac on Being Seen in Poetry, Why Endings Matter, and a New Spin on Love Letters |url=http://open-book.ca/News/Smokii-Sumac-on-Being-Seen-in-Poetry-Why-Endings-Matter-and-a-New-Spin-on-Love-Letters |website=Open Book |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref> | * [[Smokii Sumac]] (Ktunaxa), poet and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Smokii Sumac on Being Seen in Poetry, Why Endings Matter, and a New Spin on Love Letters |url=http://open-book.ca/News/Smokii-Sumac-on-Being-Seen-in-Poetry-Why-Endings-Matter-and-a-New-Spin-on-Love-Letters |website=Open Book |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
* Storme Webber (Alutiiq and Choctaw), interdisciplinary artist<ref name=StormeWebber>{{Cite web|url=https://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/6645/|title=Storme Webber: Casino: A Palimpsest|last=|first=|date=2019|website=Frye Art Museum | * [[Storme Webber]] (Alutiiq and Choctaw), interdisciplinary artist<ref name=StormeWebber>{{Cite web|url=https://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/6645/|title=Storme Webber: Casino: A Palimpsest|last=|first=|date=2019|website=Frye Art Museum|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> | ||
* Massey Whiteknife (Cree), businessman, producer and entertainer<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/aboriginal-music-awards-host-two-spirited-performer-1.2763666 "Aboriginal music awards host two-spirited performer"]. CBC News, September 11, 2014.</ref> | * [[Massey Whiteknife]] (Cree), businessman, producer and entertainer<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/aboriginal-music-awards-host-two-spirited-performer-1.2763666 "Aboriginal music awards host two-spirited performer"]. CBC News, September 11, 2014.</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||