Artist Raven John is carving her own path and finding work as a professional in spaces that celebrate her Indigenous and two-spirit identity.
The term “two-spirit” is a way for LGBT Indigenous people to articulate a gender identity or sexual orientation that is connected to their culture and spirituality.
“Our sexual and gender orientations have more to do with our spiritual and cultural beliefs than simply being bisexual, homosexual or gender-fluid or gendervariant or trans-sexual,” John explains. ...