{"id":113,"date":"2018-04-30T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2018-04-30T19:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T19:58:13","slug":"the-bay-area-american-indian-two-spirits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/the-bay-area-american-indian-two-spirits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BAAITS describes themselves as \u201ca community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. \u00a0Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies Two-Spirit People as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits comes together to socialize, share and network in an alcohol and drug-free environment. BAAITS sees itself as an organization for Two-Spirit people to explore their rich heritage in a safe environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[&#8230;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian\/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/Powwow-flyer-This-one.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/Powwow-flyer-This-one-209x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/Powwow-flyer-This-one-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/Powwow-flyer-This-one.png 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer for the 2018 Two-Spirit Powwow, Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BAAITS created the first known two-spirit powwow to be organized since the United States has existed. \u00a0It still happens every year.\u00a0 Yet another example of gender nonconforming people carving out space to be with and support one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/country-queers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/22previous22-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/browse-the-materials\/julian-talamantez-brolaski-oral-history\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/trans-archives-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2018\/04\/22next22-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAAITS describes themselves as \u201ca community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. \u00a0Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. 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