Gender & Sexual Diversity

Book review of: Spaces Between Us by Scott Lauria Morgensen.

Book review of: The Spirit and the Flesh by Walter L. Williams.

See chapter 8: Homelessness and Housing Need amongst Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse Peoples. Related material: Key Findings.

Discusses the absence of positive representations of gay men in contemporary Indigenous novels generally, and Welch’s novel specifically. Speculates that the editing out of non-heteronormative or queer identities is a result of colonial social structures in which the price of personhood is the performance of straight masculinity.

Reviews levels and types of prevention, major risks and protective factors, and effective elements of suicide prevention programs.

Discussion of Indigenous understandings of gender and sexuality and the emergence of the term two-spirit followed by recommendations in the areas of cultural safety and competence in placement, engagement with youth, culturally-safe and appropriate services and resources, partnerships with Indigenous organizations, and the contents of the resource guide.

In performance piece, two artists deal with issues "at the intersection of gender and indigeneity while working through stereotypical conceptions of the Indigenous male body". Duration: 17:26.

Interview with Cherokee author who discusses personal, familial, cultural, social, literary, and popular expectations about American Indians. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.

Poem.

Women's Studies/Anthropology Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.

Study compares trends in body mass index for American Indian men and women across selected regions of the United States.

Article examines a novel that bridges two seemingly opposing cultures. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Literary Criticism article examines Love Beyond Body Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson and Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill and how the speculative nature of the texts helps to reclaim IndigiQueer and LGBTQ identities.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2015.

A review of Louise Erdrich's book and an analysis of attitudes about transgender issues.

Includes brief discussion of the history of Two-Spirit people in Indigenous society, examination of the intersection of factors which produce the extreme marginalization facing them, and linkages to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Film Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2016. WARNING: May contain offensive content.

Focuses on seven of the fourteen research topics: general demographics; poverty and social services; the emerging middle class; the two-spirited community; law and justice; racism; and the arts. Chapter from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Panel discussion about government accountability and the forthcoming inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and efforts to strengthen community-based responses. to violence. Duration: 2:16:01.

Purpose of manual is to assist people in giving culturally-sensitive workshops by providing information on teachings, history, spirituality, etc. and homophobia / prejudice and AIDS.

Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2015.

Comparison of the careers of the Zuni potter and weaver and the Navajo medicine man and artist, both important historical figures.

Author argues that the colonization of Peru by the Spanish created a radical shift in gender identities and roles in Indigenous societies, and that the shift has been made invisible by Eurocentric definitions of gender and gender roles.

Literary criticism article which examines the ways that contemporary queer and Two-Spirit authors are creating a cultural resurgence and decolonizing Indigenous sexualities.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.

Book review of: When Did Indians Become Straight? by Mark Rifkin.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Author provides a detailed account of their experience working to implement equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies for hiring and programming in an HIV services and treatment program administered by a University in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Silko confirms the importance Pueblo Nations' women and gender equity in their way of life as illustrated in her essay Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.

Topics include appropriate descriptive language, colonialism and trauma, seeking support, coping strategies, and resources.

Book review of: The Zuni Man-Woman by Will Roscoe.