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Just curious; why did you put a 2 in LGBTQ+? I’ve just never seen that before and wonder what it means? Does it capture the IA?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
What the hell. How have I never heard of this? Thank you!
No problem. It’s a more common term in Canada, so I’ve been seeing it since I was in high school which was like 15 years ago. In my head the “long” LGBT string has always been 2SLGBTQIA+ but I realize the “2S” part isn’t as well known.
Ahhh, that makes sense. I’m from America and have seen it evolve from LGB > LGBT > LGBTQ > LGBTQI+. I’m unsure of how well your natives are represented in Canada, but the way we treat them here speaks as to why I’ve never heard the term. They are practically 2nd class citizens according to our government.
You are unlikely to if you aren't in Canada. It seems like Indigenous folk down in the States don't have quite as much success spreading widespread awareness. I produced some stuff and had to explain to a bunch of Americans what a land acknowledgement was. For the past 5 years where I am they are performed before any meeting or performance. Up here 2S gets top billing at the beginning of the LGBTQIA initnialism to give deference to gender categories that were suppressed by European supremacist colonization.
I'm in Minnesota, we do land acknowledgements here, and the longer initialism I often see is LGBTQIA2S+, but I've never seen the 2S getting the top billing. That said, I think I can speak for all (reasonable) Minnesotans when I say that we're willing to do that when we become Canada's newest province.
People in the US do land acknowledgments. I don't think the indigenous really care one way or another. It's still stolen land, an acknowledgment isn't giving it back.
2 is for 2-spirit; I've seen both 2 and 2S, but either way it refers to Indigenous 3rd-gender folks.
You learn something new every day… Thank you for the info!