Indigenous
-
Two-spirit poet and educator
Lakewood, CO
Crisosto Apache was born in 1971 in New Mexico. His father is a member of the Diné (Navajo) tribe and his mother is part Mescalero...
READ MORE -
Two-spirit transgender educator
San Francisco, CA
Born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1957, Marcus Arana was given the name Mary by his parents. As one of three children in a working class...
READ MORE -
Disabled Suquamish Veteran
Suquamish, WA
Jean Belmont was born on April 7, 1960, in Fort Dix, New Jersey, the military base where her father was stationed. The very next day,...
READ MORE -
Cherokee Nation Language Specialist
Jay, OK
Wade Blevins was born on January 9th, 1973, in Grove, Oklahoma (Cherokee Nation) where his family has resided since the 1840s. He was predominantly raised...
READ MORE -
ALLY, SURROGATE MOTHER TO TWO-SPIRIT COMMUNITIES
Jay, OK
Peggy Blevins was born on July 8th, 1952. She was raised on a farm in Jay, Oklahoma, a small city with a vibrant Native American...
READ MORE -
1st openly trans Native American state legislator
San Antonio, TX
Stephanie Byers was born on February 5th, 1963, in Norman, Oklahoma, to a mother she describes as a “firecracker” and a gentle, studious father of...
READ MORE -
Arena Director for Two-Spirit Gatherings
Elkins, AR
Joey Criddle was born on January 9, 1961 in Eupora, Mississippi. His mother was Jicarilla Apache and his father was white, and Joey grew up...
READ MORE -
Indigenous HIV community activist; Water Walker
St Paul, MN
Sharon Day was born in 1951 in Northern Minnesota. Both of her parents were enrolled members of Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. She grew up...
READ MORE -
Felipa DeLeon and Monique Mousseau
Two-Spirit Founders of Uniting Resilience
Box Elder, SD
Felipa De Leon (native name: Theíčihila Wi) was born on June 1st 1969 in Dowagiac, Michigan, and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation....
READ MORE -
Two-Spirit Caretaker, Family Pillar
Manderson, SD
Olivia DeSersa was born on April 2, 1965 in Rosebud, South Dakota. Her father ran a local newspaper and her mother worked as a nurse...
READ MORE -
TWO-SPIRIT LEADER, MEDICINE MAN
Blackfoot, ID
Marlon “Marty” Fixico was born in 1957 in Oklahoma to a Seminole father and a Cheyenne mother. Marty’s early awareness of his attraction to men...
READ MORE -
-
black lesbian vampire novelist
San Francisco, CA
Jewelle Gomez was born on September 11, 1948 and grew up in Boston. Jewelle is of Cape Verdean/Wampanoag/Ioway descent, and was largely raised by her...
READ MORE -
Trans Woman, Vietnam Veteran, Dakota Tribe Member
Rapid City, SD
Blair Greybull was born on August 24th, 1949, in Fort Yates, North Dakota, within the tribal headquarters of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Raised in...
READ MORE -
Native American Activist and Culture Authority
Fort Hall, ID
Clyde Hall was born on April 8, 1951 in Pocatello, Idaho. Coming from the Shoshone Métis tribe, Clyde grew up on the Fort Hall Reservation....
READ MORE -
Lakota Elder, Women's Activist, Founder of the Women's Sundance
Huntington, VT
Beverly Little Thunder was born on December 31, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Her early years were divided between Los Angeles and her grandmother's home...
READ MORE
