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The two-spirit contingent marches at San Francisco Pride in 2013. Two-spirit (also known as two spirit or occasionally twospirited) [a] is a contemporary pan-Indian umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) social role in their communities.
The term has been culturally appropriated by non-Indigenous people.
Two-Spirit refers to a traditional role in Native American society, but not all indigenous queer people identify with the term.
The nádleehi social and ceremonial role differs from other two-spirit roles in that it is specific to Diné culture and communities; other Nations that have roles for two-spirits – if they have them at all [4] – have names in their own languages, and roles and other details tend to be specific to those particular cultures. [1]
Terms and definitions The term "genderqueer" first appeared in queer zines of the 1980s, preceding the more widely used "non-binary." [ 15 ] It gained prominence in the 1990s through activists, [ 16 ] such as Riki Anne Wilchins , [ 17 ] who used it in a 1995 essay and a 1997 autobiography to describe individuals deviating from traditional ...
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Thumos, also spelled thymos (Ancient Greek: θυμός), is the Ancient Greek concept of ' spiritedness ' (as in "a spirited stallion" or "spirited debate"). [1] The word indicates a physical association with breath or blood and is also used to express the human desire for recognition. It is not a somatic feeling, as nausea and dizziness are.
The two are soon transported to Victorian London, where Clint and the audience learn that Present was the original Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella.