Two-Spirits, Four Medicines:

Two Spirit Reflections on Truth and Reconciliation Day and Embracing Community

Abstract

In this essay I reflect on my experience of Truth and Reconciliation Day as a Two-Spirit person. I illustrate how Queer, Trans, and Two Spirit (or 2S) Indigenous individuals have been affected by the legacy of Canadian Residential Schools. I also engage with the history of the term Two-Spirit and the politics surrounding this identity.