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When elders question contemporary identity language

I came home from college and my aunt said I looked 'confused about what I am' after I explained my two-spirit identity to my younger cousins.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generational differences in expressing traditional concepts create conflict between cultural continuity and adaptive evolution.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Two-spirit and indigenous gender traditions?”

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