Ty Defoe

Ty Defoe
Gender identity	Two-Spirit
Occupation	performance artist, musician, and educator

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Ty Defoe is a Two-Spirit performance artist, Grammy Award-winning musician, and educator.^[1] Defoe is from the Oneida and Ojibwe Tribes, and currently lives in New York City.^[2] Defoe's 2011 music album "Come to Me Great Mystery" was awarded a Grammy.^[3] One of Defoe's most notable performances was playing one of the "persons in charge" in the play "Straight White Men", alongside Kate Bornstein.^[4]

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Coming out as two-spirit was quite challenging because in Western society, the word for me is transgender — I would be a transgender male. But that kind of implies going from one gender to the next, and I was like, 'No, I think there's something else.'^[1]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mistry, Anupa (8 September 2016). "How Two-Spirit Fits Into LGBTQ America". The FADER. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
↑ "Green Show Artist: Ty Defoe". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
↑ Caven, Febna Reheem (September 2015). "The Shapeshifting Artist: Ty Defoe". Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
↑ Green, By Jesse (23 July 2018). "Review: 'Straight White Men,' Now Checking Their Privilege on Broadway". New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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[Mistry-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mistry, Anupa (8 September 2016). "How Two-Spirit Fits Into LGBTQ America". The FADER. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[osfa_Gree-2] "Green Show Artist: Ty Defoe". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[Caven-3] Caven, Febna Reheem (September 2015). "The Shapeshifting Artist: Ty Defoe". Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[Green-4] Green, By Jesse (23 July 2018). "Review: 'Straight White Men,' Now Checking Their Privilege on Broadway". New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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