(of a member of a North American Indian people) gay, lesbian, or transgender.
〈加〉（原住民成员）双灵的；同性恋的；易性癖的；变性的
Example sentencesExamples
In the two-spirited world I have stumbled on, I found that this group maintains a sense of family and a sense of dignity.
I come from the Native American background of two-spirited people, which allows us to go against the dominant sexual orientation and gender roles of the majority.
Clark also recorded his observations of cross-dressing Native American two-spirited people.
These people were not chosen as community leaders and the elders did not teach the community to follow these two-spirited people.
According to the new constitution, the collective will "strive to be an anti-oppression organisation that welcomes queer, two-spirited, transgender, transsexual, and genderqueer people."
One exception is Aboriginal nationalism, which includes a tradition of "two-spirited peoples."
Definition of two-spirited in US English:
two-spirited
adjective
(of a member of a North American Indian people) gay, lesbian, or transgender.
〈加〉（原住民成员）双灵的；同性恋的；易性癖的；变性的
Example sentencesExamples
In the two-spirited world I have stumbled on, I found that this group maintains a sense of family and a sense of dignity.
These people were not chosen as community leaders and the elders did not teach the community to follow these two-spirited people.
According to the new constitution, the collective will "strive to be an anti-oppression organisation that welcomes queer, two-spirited, transgender, transsexual, and genderqueer people."
One exception is Aboriginal nationalism, which includes a tradition of "two-spirited peoples."
Clark also recorded his observations of cross-dressing Native American two-spirited people.
I come from the Native American background of two-spirited people, which allows us to go against the dominant sexual orientation and gender roles of the majority.