As part of Pride and Health 2024, we were honoured to host a panel on Two Spirit History and Health with Elders Albert McLeod and Charlotte Nolin. Elders Nolin and McLeod shared the history of Two Spirit and how that identity intersects with the health and healthcare needs of Two Spirit people. This panel, moderated by Community Health Sciences graduate student Danielle Hart, provided an opportunity for Two Spirit teachings to be shared, and centers the Two Spirit experience with healthcare, which is fraught with homophobia/transphobia in addition to racism.

This panel was held on the land colonially called Winnipeg, where Two Spirit was gifted to Elder Myra Laramee in a dream, 34 years ago in 1990. The gift of Two Spirit was introduced in 1990 at the third annual international LGBT Native American gathering in Winnipeg.

This event is funded in part by 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month Canada, the University of Manitoba Office of Equity Transformation.

A graphic recording of the Conversation was created by Miranda Maslany from Drawing Change.