My bolding.
Is this 'two spirit' concept something the Episcopal Church teaches? It is certainly new to me....and society as a whole.
Two-Spirit (also
two spirit or, occasionally,
twospirited) is a modern,
pan-Indian,
umbrella term used by some
Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people in their communities who fulfill a traditional
third-gender (or other
gender-variant) ceremonial role in their cultures.
[1][2][3]
The term
two-spirit was created in 1990 at the Indigenous
lesbian and
gay international gathering in
Winnipeg, and "specifically chosen to distinguish and distance Native American/First Nations people from non-Native peoples."
[4] The primary purpose of coining a new term was to encourage the replacement of the outdated and considered offensive, anthropological term,
berdache.[5] While this new term has not been universally accepted—it has been criticized by traditional communities who already have their own terms for the people being grouped under this new term, and by those who reject what they call the "western"
binary implications, such as implying that Natives believe these individuals are "both male and female"
[4]—it has generally received more acceptance and use than the anthropological term it replaced.
[6][5][7]
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