Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit

This book offers insights from young trans, queer, and two-spirit Indigenous people in Toronto who examine the breadth and depth of meanings that two-spirit holds. Tracing the refusals and desires of these youth and their communities, Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit expands critical conversations on queerness, Indigeneity, and community and simultaneously troubles the idea that articulating a definition of two-spirit is a worthwhile undertaking. Beyond the expansion of these conversations, this book also seeks to empower community members, educators, and young people -- both Indigenous and non-Indigenous -- to better support the self-determination of trans, queer, and two-spirit Indigenous youth. By including a research zine and community discussion guidelines, Laing demonstrates the possibility of powerful change that comes from Indigenous people creating spaces to share knowledge with one another.

Author: Marie Laing
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780367556884
ISBN10: 036755688X
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Adolescence
- Education | Urban
- Social Science | Indigenous Studies

About the Author

Marie Laing is a Youth Leader with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network in Toronto, Canada.

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