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"I just read an article by an indigenous historian asking trans activists to stop claiming that two-spirit meant trans in the sense used today. Historically people might have been two-spirit while they were young and then not at all later on or vice versa. The concept had little to nothing to do with 'feeling like you are in the wrong body' or ' i am literally a female in a male body' sort of thinking which leads to a medicalising and pathologizing of what is a normal exploration/rejection of culturally given expectations of behaviour. Two-spirit according to this historian was meant as an opportunity to be freely self-creating throughout one's life, not permanently altering your body to fit a stereotype of what a woman or man is supposed to be."

Holy shit that was powerful. Please write an essay on this? Please?