
The presence of male-bodied two-spirits “was a fundamental institution among most tribal peoples” and, according to Will Roscoe, both male- and female-bodied two-spirits have been documented “in over 130 North American tribes, in every region of the continent.” īefore the late twentieth-century, non-Native (i.e. Not all tribes/nations have rigid gender roles, but, among those that do, some consider there to be at least four genders: feminine woman, masculine woman, feminine man, masculine man. Third and fourth gender roles traditionally embodied by two-spirit people include performing work and wearing clothing associated with both men and women.

\) - Two-spirited marchers at San Francisco Pride 2014.
