Yehuda TurtleIsland.social<p>1/<br>Before colonialism, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island had words, roles, and responsibilities for what we now often call Two-Spirit people—relatives who carried both feminine and masculine energies, or who lived beyond binary gender expectations altogether. They were visionaries, healers, mediators, storytellers, medicine people, and ceremonial leaders. They were sacred. They are sacred.</p><p><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/TwoSpirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoSpirit</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2S</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a><br><a href="https://juliefrancella.substack.com/p/two-spirit-is-not-a-trend-its-a-return" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">juliefrancella.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">two-spirit-is-not-a-trend-its-a-return</span></a></p>