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two-spir·it (t

A person, especially a Native American man, who assumes the sexual identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex. See Usage Note at berdache.

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berdache			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Calgary's recent FairyTales International Queer Diversity Film Festival shone the spotlight on the Two-Spirit film and video community by showcasing classic and contemporary North American Cinema. Film festival shines light on two-spirit culture by Phalen, Chris / Alberta Sweetgrass There are, of course, other such gender nonconformists in cultures around the world: the two-spirit berdaches of Native American peoples, the hijras of India and Pakistan, and the Thai kathoeys. The mysterious world of the muxes: amid Mexico's traditional culture ... by Keeps, David A. / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) It turns into a tender love story between the two-spirit "berdache" shaman of the tribe and the protagonist, a young government Indian agent with a conscience. Toby Johnson's journey into the gay heart by Labelle, Michael / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide			two-master two-name two-name paper two-needled two-note call two-pack two-part Two-parted two-party two-party system two-partyism two-percent milk two-person control two-person rule two-phase two-piece two-piece suit two-ply Two-port two-pot screamer two-pronged Two-ranked two-seater two-sided Two-speed two-spirit two-spot two-spotted ladybug two-star two-step two-storey two-stroke two-tailed two-tailed pasha two-thirds Two-throw two-tier two-tier bid two-time two-timer two-timing Two-to-one two-toe two-toed two-toed anteater two-toed sloth two-tone Two-tongued two-tooth two-up two-way			Two-seam two-seater two-seaters two-sheet detector two-sided two-sided Two-sided Correlation Transform Two-Sided Geometric Distribution Two-sided ideal Two-sided Laplace transform Two-sided market Two-sided markets two-sided sampling plans two-sided test Two-Sided Winner Two-Site Exchange Equations Two-Six Code Two-slit experiment two-slit interference Two-Source Energy Balance two-source frequency keying Two-source hypothesis Two-speed Two-sphere Two-sphere Two-sphere Two-sphere two-spindle drive two-spindle drive two-spindle drive two-spirit two-spot Two-spotted lady beetle two-spotted ladybug Two-Spotted Spider Mite Two-stage Two-stage Two-Stage Clonal Expansion Two-Stage Combustion two-stage curing Two-Stage Decorrelating Detector two-stage design Two-Stage Dithered Quantizer Two-Stage Entity-Relationship two-stage experiment Two-Stage Furnace two-stage hoisting two-stage implant two-stage implant two-stage implant two-stage implant Two-stage least squares Two-Stage Model Probability Weighted Gating two-stage prothrombin test Two-Stage Random Generator two-stage sampling two-stage sampling two-stage sampling Two-Stage Seton Fistulotomy Two-stage-to-orbit Two-Stages Least Square

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