Author abstract: “Describes the meaning of the Native American term “two-spirit”—a person whose body simultaneously houses a masculine spirit and a feminine spirit—and the challenges faced by two-spirit Native people today as well as recommendations for working with two-spirit and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) Native youth in the child welfare system.”

Author: National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes, National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Date: 2014