Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit

This book offers insights from young trans, queer, and two-spirit
Indigenous people in Toronto who examine the breadth and depth of
meanings that two-spirit holds. Tracing the refusals and desires of
these youth and their communities, Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit
expands critical conversations on queerness, Indigeneity, and community
and simultaneously troubles the idea that articulating a definition of
two-spirit is a worthwhile undertaking. Beyond the expansion of these
conversations, this book also seeks to empower community members,
educators, and young people — both Indigenous and non-Indigenous — to
better support the self-determination of trans, queer, and two-spirit
Indigenous youth. By including a research zine and community discussion
guidelines, Laing demonstrates the possibility of powerful change that
comes from Indigenous people creating spaces to share knowledge with one
another.