At age 16, transgender American Indian Fred Martinez became one of the youngest hate crime victims in modern history when he was beaten to death by a man who later bragged about the brutal crime. This documentary tells Martinez’s story. In the process, it illuminates the Navajo two-spirit tradition — which honors individuals who embody both the masculine and the feminine — and demonstrates how ancient values can inform (and improve) modern life.http://farahjoon.tumblr.com/post/32447394644/readqueer-at-age-16-transgender-...Our gender studies classes need to incorporate Two-Spirit theory/lit/politics
if you have the time, please check out Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, which is one of the most beautiful books you’ll ever have the pleasure of reading. It creates a dialectic of sorts between more traditional forms of American Indian artistic expression and a queering of the sacred: also, Qwo-Li Driskill is EVERYTHING
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