NativeOUT is partnering with the Native American Community Academy's GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) to gather coming out stories of LGBTQ/Two-Spirit Natives. These stories will be published in the Native American Community Academy's GSA newsletter and NativeOUT's website. Persons of all ages are welcome to submit.
Your stories can help Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit youth and adults working through the "coming out" process. Inspire them with your story!
Criteria for submission:
Your name.
Your City (or geographical area) and State or Country (if outside the US).
Email address (will not be displayed).
Your tribal or band affiliation.
Stories should be no longer than 1 page.
A picture of you (desired, but optional).
Tell us if you want your full name, first name only, or an alias shown in the photo credit.
Since your story could be posted on a nonprofit website and a school publication, no sexually graphic content will be accepted. Any submissions can potentially be published, but we do not guarantee they will be published. Your writing doesn't have to be perfect. We'll work with you during the editing process.
Please send your story to
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A transgender Navajo, Teri Benally, 42, was found beaten to death in the 500 block of Maple SE in Albuquerque, New Mexico at 1am this morning. Teri is the third transgender Navajo murdered in this area since 2005. Fredrick Watson, 32, was killed June 9 this year and Ryan Shey Hoskie, 23, was found beaten to death in January 2005. Visit KRQE.com to read more about these murders.
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The NorthEast Two-Spirit Society and Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of Audre Lorde Project were forcefully ejected from the annual Heritage of Pride March in New York City on June 29, 2009. To learn more about the Northeast Two-Spirit Society and the Audre Lorde Project visit http://www.ne2ss.org and http://www.alp.org. The following is the press release regarding the incident.
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The Two-Spirit Society of Denver discussed the function of Two-Spirit societies and what it means to be Two-Spirited with CTV, Colorado State University's student-run television station.
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