By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post The co-founder of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, an organization that helps build support and awareness of two-spirits in Mi’kma’ki and Canada, wants to share what he has learned about two-spirits with others. Along with his friend, Indigenous lawyer Tuma Young, the alliance was formed around 2009 as a collective of two-spirit, Indigiqueer, LGBTQIA+ kin, elders, knowledge carriers, youth and allies from Wabanaki territory and across Turtle Island. In 2022, Young was formally presented with the 2022 Canadian Bar Association and the Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Committee National Hero award for his work in promoting two-spirit and LGBTQIA+ Equality. The Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance advocates for and celebrates 2SLGBTQIA+ communities through relationship building, 2S-led research, and community-led initiatives. Wabanaki means “people of…
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