MMIWG2SLGBTQIAA+
- Apr 14
- 3 min read
Two Spirit people ask "where do we belong?" and "where do we fit in?"
Here is a break down of the Two Spirit term:
Where did the acronym MMIWG2SLGTQIAA+ come from? Leah Gazan, a Native MLA, in canada combined the MMIW2S with the LGBTQIAA+ community in reference to violence and inaction. This is not the official acronym.
The discourse around the #MMIW and the #MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA is sad to see...
I wouldn't want to be a Two-Spirt youth right now reading these statements.
I don't want to take away from the MMIW fight for recognition or center Two-Spirit, because a lot of advocates add the 2S, but we are here now. The discussion is happening in real time.
Two-Spirit peoples are your family, friends, coworkers, cultural, sit next to you in ceremony. We exist, even when you don't see us.
We read comments that the 2S does not belong in the MMIW.
It sends a clear signal that you do not care about our lives, our representation, or our voices.
We can see it in the way you speak about us or refuse to...
(And I want to make it clear not all MMIW supporters advocates feel this way about the 2S addition)
People say Native men go missing more than Native women. Sadly, I think there would be larger issue with adding 2S to them as well.
Where does the TwoSpirt people belong in the missing and murdered among us?
I know if we fought for a MMI2S inquiry - a lot of you wouldn't care or take part.
So when the discourse is emphasizing only MMIW - also advocate for a MMI2S inquiry.
Do I agree with adding the lgbtqiaa+ to the end? No, because it is whitewashing the 2S.
The acronym was said by a Native politician. Politicians are going to do what politicians do, BUT bigots are going to do what bigots do.
The MMIW has not changed to this new acronym. The lgbtqiaa+ has not changed to this new acronym.
Don't keep allowing the media to manipulate you and find divisions between communities.
I feel we need to talk about 2S in rooms where MMIW are being discussed (finding the Two-Spirit speakers and passing the mic for a moment). Uplifting the marginalized voices within our already marginalized voices amongst us.
Instead, I see Natives saying we don't belong, or we're not wanted, or we're not needed here. Even if you don't use those exact words.
It is easy for you to make it known that you continue to support Two-Spirit people who have gone missing and murdered. Small gestures go a long way.
In our deaths, when our Two-Spirit bodies go missing, its still hush hush and swept under the rug...
Don't help make this the status quo.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.The Final Report is comprised of the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers shared over two years of cross-country public hearings and evidence gathering. It delivers 231 individual Calls for Justice directed at governments, institutions, social service providers, industries and all Canadians.As documented in the Final Report, testimony from family members and survivors of violence spoke about a surrounding context marked by multigenerational and intergenerational trauma and marginalization in the form of poverty, insecure housing or homelessness and barriers to education, employment, health care and cultural support. Experts and Knowledge Keepers spoke to specific colonial and patriarchal policies that displaced women from their traditional roles in communities and governance and diminished their status in society, leaving them vulnerable to violence.
Canadian Museums for Human Rights
Resource guide
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People
Learn more about the epidemic in Canada and the U.S.
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The transcript from video, shown below, is what I wanted to highlight.
2SLGBTQIAA+ community, especially 2S/Gay marginalized groups within this, have high crimes against them.
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