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coining the term twospiritphobia / twospiritmisia.
Q: what is twospiritphobia / twospiritmisia?
A: the discrimination, hatred, exclusion & erasure of those who identify as two spirit and/or indigiqueer.
Q: why not just call it homophobia/transphobia against indigenous qipoc / queer indigenous poc?
A: because not every indigenous person identifies by western lgbtqia+ labels which are a predominantly western eurocentric concept that does not always align with indigenous turtle island concepts, not all queer natives identify with two spirit due to its heavy inherent historical, social, political, cultural, spiritual & ceremonial connotations & because we deserve to have our terms to describe our own experiences of discrimination that inherently includes our indigeneity & our own sacred two spirit nature.
Q: why did you(&) coin this term?
A: because i've noticed that in the past year & even before, the predominantly white queer community refuses to include us let alone see us & when they do, it's usually to tokenize us then throw us away when we're no longer convenient, erase us (see: nex benedict, when the mostly white queer community erased their indigenous two spirit identity to make them their trans/nonbinary martyr despite them being choctaw & completely ignoring mmeiwg2s+/mmeip issues which is never talked about in queer spaces unless natives talk about it), talk down to us when we don't conform to your western concepts of gender & orientation that do not inherently apply to us, speak over us & our issues & push us out of your fucking queer spaces without ever actually trying to work with us despite the fact that we the two spirit community who were revered as sacred have existed on turtle island for over 5000 years & were the first victims & survivors of racist imperialist homophobic & transphobic based war crimes & genocide & have been fighting & resisting for our liberation far before anyone else ever set foot on these lands, longer than any other queer community on turtle island, longer than stonewall & whenever queer history is brought up, two spirit people & the violence against us from the beginning of colonization of turtle island are never discussed & quite frankly i've had enough of native erasure both historically speaking & in the present day. there's a reason why there's a 2s in front of 2slgbtqia+ in "canada", because we were here first. we will not be erased. there can be no liberation without two spirits at the center of queer activism. by adding this to your vocabulary you acknowledge & honor two spirits as the first queer people of turtle island & we deserve your allyship, respect, protection & solidarity, respect the indigenous roots of the term two spirit, honor indigenous peoples' way of living, loving & learning & building communities across turtle island, emphasize the importance of indigenous perspectives & identities within the broader 2slgbtqia+ community & further acknowledging & recognizing the historical & ongoing contributions of indigenous peoples to discussions about gender & sexual diversity & highlights the need for visibility & inclusion of two spirits in these conversations & acknowledging, respecting & honoring indigenous peoples as the traditional stewards of the land & that indigenous peoples were the first to build communities that honored romantic, sexual, gender & sex diversity on the land of turtle island ever since time immemorial.
Q: what are some examples of twospiritphobia?
A: the erasure of two spirits both historically & in the present, assaulting/committing hatecrimes against individuals who are, or who are perceived or assumed to be two spirits, nonnatives — both white settlers & nonnative poc — culturally appropriating two spirit when it's an exclusive closed term from closed cultures for indigenous people of turtle island, if you are not first nations, métis, inuit, indigenous american, alaska native, indigenous mexican, indigenous central american, greenlandic inuit or otherwise not indigenous to turtle island and/or mixed with any of those groups, & you are not either reconnecting, semiconnected or connected to your culture, you cannot use the term, using antinative slurs against two spirits on any context or form that one cannot reclaim and/or using said antinative slurs casually/as insults, harassing/threatening/mocking/intimidating two spirit individuals while motivated by said individual's two spirit & indigenous identity whether online or face-to-face, treating two spirits differently than pericishetallo natives, even if one is native themselves, attempting to "correct" two spirits on their own identities, saying our two spirit identities are wrong, using religion and/or spirituality as an excuse to harm or exclude two spirit people, fetishizing/objectifying/sexualizing/romanticizing individuals based on their two spirit identities, opposing and/or dismissing the need for explicit two spirit representation & progress for two spirit rights & two spirit liberation, erasing two spirit issues as inherently gay/trans issues, not acknowledging twospiritphobic behavior in others, refusing to speak up for two spirit people, telling two spirits that they're unnatural or "attention seeking", speaking over two spirited people when they tell you you're being racist/being twospiritphobic, policing two spirits on who we can & can't be in relation to ourselves especially from nonnatives even more from white settlers, accusing two spirits of "oppression olympics" whenever we bring up our issues, not acknowledging two spirits as the first queer people who've existed for thousands of years on turtle island & denying indigeneity as the core element of being two spirit.
disclaimer: do not fucking remove credit from us& being the coiner of this term, while the experiences of twospiritphobia/twospiritmisia are nothing new, we& as an indigenous bodied system demand respect as the coiner of this term. please ask if you intend on using this term on your wikis/masterlists. do not use this term for yourself to describe your experiences if nonnative/2S. nonnatives do not fucking derail, especially yt folx.
#arcana.txt#arcana.coins#ive already mentioned this a few times before in my tags but. yeah.#we really need our OWN terms.#two spirit.txt#two spirit#lgbtqia#lgbtqia community#2slgbtqia+#queer#ndn tumblr#indigenous#indigenous mogai#ndn mogai#tagging for more visibility:#lesbian#gay#bisexual#transgender#intersex#aromantic#asexual#twospiritphobia#tw; twospiritphobia#indigenous excellence#native.txt
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. . . two-spirit flag !
[ PT: two-spirit flag! /End PT ]
wanted to make my own 2S flag; tried to keep the colors all connected to nature. this is a deeply cultural identity for indigenous people only. non-natives are, of course, still free to reblog this flag, though. the image descriptions below and in the alt text were provided by @/julietianboy.
[ PT: wanted to make my own 2S flag; tried to keep the colors all connected to nature. this is a deeply cultural identity for indigenous people only. non-natives are, of course, still free to reblog this flag, though. the image descriptions below and in the alt text were provided by @/julietianboy. /End PT ]
[ ID: Three identical images of a flag with nine horizontal stripes, the third, fifth and seventh stripes being thicker and the fourth and sixth stripes being thinner, in the following colors: light green, turquoise, navy blue, very dark blue, white, very dark blue, navy blue, turquoise and light green. Over the fifth stripe is a very dark blue line with several large circles. Over that, in the center of the flag, is a symbol of two feathers on a type of pin. /End ID ]
#two spirit#two-spirit#2 spirit#two spirit flag#two-spirit flag#2 spirit flag#2S flag#indigenous#ndn#mogai flag#liom flag#flag coining
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Indigenous / Native Intersex
for any natives who are intersex. This is exclusive to natives. Please credit if using !
id: an indigenous intersex flag. the colours from top to bottom are dark red, a less darker red, red, white, light green, green, dark green. there's an orange circle in the middle of it /end id
#mogai#mogai coining#mogai flag#mogai term#intersex#intersex flag#native#indigenous#native intersex flag#flag coining#pride flag#flags#two spirit#2slgbtq#2 spirit#2s
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north american indigequeer flag ・ 2024 revamp
this flag can be used by anyone who feels like their queerness and their indigeneity to north america are entwined, or simply as a symbol of indigenous north american queerness.
different crops of this flag – 1, 2
backstory
i coined this flag on my former blog, @lvxlvn, but deleted for various personal reasons. two years later, i'm returning on this account to continue to coin flags and labels!
original
you can check the alt description for a brief summary of what is in each attached image.
#nativecoin@tumblr#native american#indigenous#indigenous american#indigequeer#indigequeer flag#turtle island#pride flag#flag coining#mogai#liom#xenogender#microlabels
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! native mspec straight
? for those who are native and identity as mspec straight!
! inspiration + NOT for trans race + tags for reach
#。🌀 coining#pro mogai#xenogender#mogai identity#mogai label#mogai blog#mogai friendly#mogai community#mogai gender#mogai safe#mogai term#native#indigenous#mspec safe#mspec straight#mspec friendly
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Tek &/or Ohoyo - a gender/term describing a choctaw woman.
etymology: tek - a female (human, animal, etc.), ohoyo - a woman
(only to be used by Choctaw Indigenous people)
[ID: a rectangular flag with 7 stripes coloured as such from top to bottom & mirrors: dark dull blue, dark pink, light blue, off-white. End ID]
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Indigenous Lesbian
A flag for people who are Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native and a Lesbian.
Feel free to switch out Indigenous for Aboriginal or Native in the name of the flag.
Flag by: @arcticflowerz
Do not repost my flags/the things I coin with out credit.
This flag was made by an actual Inuk. DO NOT USE THIS FLAG IF YOUR TRANSRACE/TRANSINDIGENOUS! THIS FLAG IS EXCLUSIVE TO BODILY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. By “bodily indigenous” I do not mean you have to be “indigenous passing” to use this flag. You can still use this flag if your white passing or not. By “bodily indigenous” I’m referring to having indigenous blood and indigenous relatives in your family tree. For those who don’t know what transrace is, it’s a transID label that means “you were born one race but BELIEVE you should have been born another race instead.” Transindigenous is just the indigenous version where “You BELIEVE you should be indigenous but aren’t”. I DO NOT SUPPORT TRANSRACE/TRANSINDIGENOUS, AS SUCH, THEY CANNOT USE THIS FLAG.
Here’s are the links to the Indigenous Vincian/Gay, Indigenous Varian, Indigenous Fluidian, and Indigenous Enbian versions I made.
#actually indigenous#actually inuk#actually lesbian#actually native#my flags#mogai safe#lgbt safe space#aboriginal#indigenous#native american#native#métis#first nations#inuit#inuk#flag coining#he/him lesbian#transfem lesbian#enby lesbian#mspec lesbian#lesbian pride#lesbianism#lesbian#new flag#pride flags#flag#pride flag#lgbtq flags#anti transrace#anti trace
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Hello! I'm an Indigenous lesbian and I was looking through lesbian/sapphic terms on different LGBTQIA+ wiki websites and I came across the term "Faunic," and I couldn't help but notice the use of "nonman" in your definition. Many Black and Indigenous people have spoken up on the antiblack and anti-Indigenous history of "nonman" as a term, as "nonman nonwomen" has been historically used to degender and dehumanize Black and Indigenous peoples. Could the definition of Faunic please be revised with better language? Perhaps something along the lines of "Women, nonbinary people and others who do not identify with manhood who are not attracted to men or man-aligned genders"?
I edited both posts with the redefinition from @redtail-lol, which I think best described. Sadly, that can't be fixed in past reblogs. I hope wikis also update the definition as well.
#faunic#daunic#black#indigenous#native#lgbtqia+#wiki#lgbta#wikis#mogai#liom#redefining#genders#floric#racism#colorism#colonialism#colourism#racial#race#gender#inclusion#language
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It was Indigenous People's Day so I made some intersex + Indigenous flags
Since I've been on a roll in making intersex flags. First: flags for the three major types of Indigenous groups whose lands were stolen to create the country I live in (Canada):
Left: intersex and First Nations (American Indian Movement) Middle: intersex and Inuit Right: intersex and Métis
Then I made some intersex flags for some specific First Nations whose cultures I have at least basic familiarity with: Left: Haida ................... Middle: Huu-ay-aht ......... Right: Musqueam
Left: Blackfoot ........... Middle: Anishinaabe ...... Right: Haudenosaunee
Note: The last three are confederacies of multiple nations. Order is based on geography, going west to east.
Personal Note: I am a settler and am not a member of any of these nations. I've moved many times in my life, and these nations are the rightful stewards of the lands that I personally feel I have the most connection to. 💜
Tagging for archival: @intersexflags @varsex-pride @radiomogai @beyond-mogai-pride-flags
#intersex#actually intersex#indigenous peoples day#fuck thanksgiving#indigiqueer#intersex flags#american indian movement#inuit#metis#haida#huu-ay-aht#musqueam#blackfoot#anishinaabe#haudenosaunee
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WELCOME TO CAELIAN'S PAGE,
“I prefer that the patient also forgets the doctor, unless they relapse.”
screen reader ver coming !
‼️HELP PALESTINE‼️ ‼️HELP THESE PALESTINIANS ‼️
RQS: CLOSED
"Anyone is free to kill himself, as long as I’m not around to see it.” (😭)
ask game
🥩 : one of my labels
🧠 : singer / band I like
🫀: song I like
🕸 : media I like
🦴 : book I like
Numbers = song in my likeds (1 to 224)
about, byf && dni under the cut!
| lesbian flags | gay flags | mspec flags | aro/ace flags | cluster b flags | butchfemme bi flags |
Pint: flags I made
⸺﹒ABOUT ME !!﹒⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⠀⚘️
🦇⋅ ⋅ ⋅ the winged one﹕ 𓆪
you can call me caelian / célian, or seph. I will always answer to those.
I am a franco-irish white indigenous pagan celt!
⚰️⋅ ⋅ ⋅ about the mind﹕ 𓆪
Nbpdtism + pdid + mixed origins.
🩸⋅ ⋅ ⋅ about the identity﹕ 𓆪
My main pronouns are he, hew, hy, she! I am a futchy boygirlflux bi intersex velaurian! Otherkin stuff includes but is not limited to: angelkin, vampkin, werewolfkin && more.
🕊⋅ ⋅ ⋅ about the interests... ﹕ 𓆪
trigun, nge, ff7, tloz, hello kitty, psychology, writing, poems, reading, literature, hoarding stuff and much more!
⸺﹒WILL & WONT DO﹒⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⠀⚘️
...will
hyperspecific terms
icons
gender && term coinning
contradictory labels
names finds
...won't
whatever makes me uncomfortable
tranx/id or any radqueer labels
terms for things I do not know well
paraphilic flags or terms
please note I can refuse anything for whatever reasons!
⸺﹒BYF & DNI !!﹒⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⠀⚘️
...byf
I am critical of my own interests and believe that things should be consumed critically.
I take everything personally and struggle to read tone!
Anyone can use my flags, just be respectful and credit me.
Dont steal them or change their meanings, thats all im asking. My flags have nothing to do with your queer discourse.
I support "contradictory" labels, this includes but is not limited to: mspec lesbian, mspec gay, lesboys, turigirls, etc.
I believe bisexuals can reclaim the d slur, the f slur, and use the double venus and double mars symbol. I also think butchfemmes are queer labels and not lesbian exclusive.
I am a battle axe bisexual as in, I fight and advocate against biphobia.
I am against separatists aswell and will not tolerate those who took away from bisexuals. Fuck biphobes.
...dni
Terfs, radfems, transmeds, truscums, gender skeptics, gender police, etc.
Believe in monosexual privilege, or use terms like "cis passing" "straight passing"
Anti xeno/neos and anti mogai/liom
Think non-binaries can't be gay/lesbians or don't support he/him lesbians or she/her gays
Fakeclaimmers
Against "contradictory labels"
Against otherkin, non-humans, therian, etc!
Under 13, unless I follow first.
If you demonize the cluster b (npd, bpd, hpd, aspd) and this includes if you belive that narcissistic abuse exist.
If you're going to judge me or mock me/my interests.
Anti-ageres.
Any kind of bigot.
Exclus or "Safequeers"
Radqueers
If you're here to argue or be a meanie whatever
⸺﹒TAGS !!﹒⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣⠀⚘️
🦇︰︵︵ winged hoard : my hoard!
⚰️︰︵︵ rise the flag : flag making
🩸︰︵︵ gift for the beloveds : any requests
🥩︰︵︵ the food is here : flags I find gorgeous
🗝︰︵︵ memories : icons
💌︰︵︵ letters : inbox/asks/games
just for archival / pinterest purporse
🎀︰︵︵ combo flags
💗︰︵︵ orientations
💋︰︵︵ genders
❤️🩹︰︵︵ mad flags
🍬︰︵︵ plural flags
🐈⬛︰︵︵ otherkin flags
🦴︰︵︵ pint: caepiric (posted on pint)
🕷︰︵︵ butchfemme
coining event archives...
cael300foevent : tag for the 300 followers event.
cael400foevent : tag for the 400 followers event.
#🦇︰︵︵ winged hoard#⚰️︰︵︵ rise the flag#🩸︰︵︵ gift for the beloveds#🗝︰︵︵ memories#💌︰︵︵ letters#🥩︰︵︵ the food is here#radinclu#pinned post#pinnedqueue#pride flags#mogai#liom#💋︰︵︵ genders#💗︰︵︵ orientations#❤️🩹︰︵︵ mad flags#🍬︰︵︵ plural flags#🐈⬛︰︵︵ otherkin flags#🎀︰︵︵ combo flags#🦴︰︵︵ pint: caepiric#🕷︰︵︵ butchfemme#cael300foevent#cael400foevent
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two spirit flag with a mi'kmaw / l'nuk hieroglyph denoting spirit in the plural form based on the ancient komqwejwikasik writing system of the mi'kmaq / l'nu people, "tapuiwjijaqamijit", which literally translates to "two spirit", but it can theoretically be used to refer to puoinaq, the contemporary word for two spirit among mi'kmaq two spirits including other wabanaki nations, but understand it is still predominantly a mi'kmawi'simk word. do not use for yourself if you are not two spirit & mi'kmaw or any of the wabanaki nations, & especially if you're not mi'kmaw; this is not meant to be understood by non-mi'kmaq people; that would be cultural appropriation & extremely disrespectful to our already closed culture & spirituality; the creator of this flag is a mixed mi'kmaq, wolastoq, abenaki, metis & huron-wendat two spirit indigiqueer bodied system & identifies with both the tapuiwjijaqamijit & the puoinaq labels.
tagging @radiomogai for visibility!
#arcana.uploads#two spirit.txt#native.txt#lgbtqia2s+/mogai/liom.#our& flags.#i rly love this one ngl#indigenous exclusive#native exclusive#indigenous coining
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. . . butch / futch / femme two-spirit !
[ PT: butch, futch, and femme two-spirit! /End PT ]
all-inclusive* butch, futch, & femme two-spirit flags respectively, based off my two-spirit flag design! as stated before, two-spirit is a cultural identity for indigenous people only. the image descriptions below and in the alt text were provided by @/julietianboy.
*as in not exclusive to lesbians; these are for two-spirit indigenous people of any queer identity.
[ PT: all-inclusive* butch, futch, & femme two-spirit flags respectively, based off my two-spirit flag design! as stated before, two-spirit is a cultural identity for indigenous people only. the image descriptions below and in the alt text were provided by @/julietianboy.
*as in not exclusive to lesbians; these are for two-spirit indigenous people of any queer identity. /End PT ]
[ ID 1: A flag with nine horizontal stripes, the third, fifth and seventh stripes being thicker and the fourth and sixth stripes being thinner, in the following colors: pastel indigo, light indigo, indigo, cyan, off-white, dark orange, orange, light orange and yellow. Over the fifth stripe is a very dark purple line with several large circles. Over that, in the center of the flag, is a symbol of two feathers on a type of pin. /End ID ]
[ ID 2: A flag with nine horizontal stripes, the third, fifth and seventh stripes being thicker and the fourth and sixth stripes being thinner, in the following colors: pastel purple, purple, darker purple, dark purple, off-white, dark green, green, light green and lime green. Over the fifth stripe is a very dark purple line with several large circles. Over that, in the center of the flag, is a symbol of two feathers on a type of pin. /End ID ]
[ ID 3: A flag with nine horizontal stripes, the third, fifth and seventh stripes being thicker and the fourth and sixth stripes being thinner, in the following colors: pink, magenta, dark magenta, dark purple, off-white, dark blue, indigo, light indigo and pastel indigo. Over the fifth stripe is a very dark purple line with several large circles. Over that, in the center of the flag, is a symbol of two feathers on a type of pin. /End ID ]
#two spirit#2S flag#indigenous#futch#femme#butch#femme flag#mogai flag#flag coining#liom flag#mogai label#butchfemme#butch flag#futch flag
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Pinned Post Time
He/him Seth or Set or Setka or Jean-Set. I have a lot of nicknames ADHD haver/survivor (depending on your POV) Over 18 Jewish (Bukharan) Linguistics + Religious Studies double major, on accident In order to answer the "are you white or not" question we need to discuss the construct of whiteness as it applies to Central Asia in your country of origin and frankly neither of us has time for that.
Fandom stuff would normally go here but I bounce from fandom to fandom. I don't believe in shipping only one thing and I think calling yourself "a Zutara" or "a Reyfinn" or whatever is ridiculous. It's internet Barbies, not a religion. It's not that serious.
DNIs get ignored but for the record, I'm pro-MOGAI, pro-endo, pro-trans, pro-intersex rights, pro-self diagnosis (even if you don't get it right, turning to your provider and going 'I have the following symptoms' is useful), pro-whatever group of lesbians is getting dragged on tumblr today be they split attraction model users or ace or bi lesbians or what have you, radical inclusionist, anti intersexism and medical abuse, anti biological essentialism, you don't need dysphoria to be trans, respectability politics are worthless, men aren't inherently evil actually, pro-interracial couples because no matter what antis say people are equals actually, and pro-kink.
If you think legal = moral and illegal = immoral, you are wrong. There are four states in the US where you can marry a minor at any age as an adult and have sex with them. That is legal. That is immoral. There are many countries where being queer is illegal. It is illegal and moral. Appeal To Legality is a logical fallacy that refuses to acknowledge anything could be wrong in the legal system. I should not have to explain to you why that's an incorrect statement.
Black Lives Matter. Stop Asian Hate. Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women deserves more attention than we're giving them. ACAB. Never Again Is Right Now. Hamas is a terrorist organization and Palestine deserves to be free from them as much as it deserves to be independent, and if you excuse Hamas committing rape, child rape, and murder, you are not pro-Palestine, because Palestinians have condemned those acts and frankly, everyone should.
Death threats, rape threats and suicide bait are always bad. They further drive people into extremism when you do it to extremists, they harm people in any scenario, and they reveal to me that you never wanted to be a good person, you just wanted to be cruel in a way that you can excuse as being 'good'. You're not good. A good person does not do these things.
If your discussions around mental health involve demonizing people who are low/no empathy or treating people with psychosis as evil, please know you are displaying no empathy and being evil. And I find that genuinely sad, but I am also going to block you.
Sometimes I'm ignoring you. Sometimes tumblr genuinely eats asks. I have asks on my main that have been there, hovering, invisible, for a year. I don't know why. But also sometimes ADHD kicks in and I mean to reply and for that, I apologize.
If you start a conversation, you do not get to cry about people replying to what you posted publicly where anyone could reblog and reply. Pretending people are "harassing" you for replying is either an attempt at using language to manipulate the situation or a sign that you are highly immature even for a minor.
If you use the "haha me no read reading iz bad lmao" excuse, you have forfeited all right to being taken seriously, not just by adults, but by children. You are also going to be incredibly easy to manipulate by everyone around you due to your inability to read with comprehension. I pray no one uses this to abuse you, but I'm also going to block you, because frankly, I don't know how to help in this situation.
I have had an anti send me CSEM in the past to "punish" me for writing a romance between a 50 year old and a 56 year old. I reported them to the police. They are now serving 30 years for possession of CSEM and if you try anything similar, I have no problem doing the same to you. (If you're wondering why I don't believe antis when they say they're protecting kids, this is why.)
Depiction isn't synonymous with endorsement. Shipping isn't activism. Fandom isn't activism. One real person is worth the death of every blorbo you and I hold dear put together.
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MOGAI BHM- Day 13!
happy BHM! today i’m going to be talking about ballroom culture!
[Image ID: A black-and-white photograph of a drag ball. In the photo, a crowd of Black people are standing around a gated area in a room, watching a Black man, dressed in a short black dress and black combat boots, dance and pose on the tiled floor. End ID.]
The history of drag ball culture can be traced to the 1920s in New York City, just before queer culture began to rise in Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance- however, at this time, mainstream drag balls were pretty much all white. Black performers were allowed to participate, but they were asked to lighten their skin in order to do so, and were often judged harshly and unfairly by completely white judge panels.
This horrible racist abuse led Black and other non-white queer people, especially indigenous and Latino queers, to form their own drag ball subculture. They would organize their own balls, sometimes in official drag ballrooms, and sometimes in their own homes, and drag ball culture really grew during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
During this time, drag ball culture was organized into different “Houses”, which were official establishments of the culture and events, but also frequently served as solace and shelter for Black and Latino LGBTQ people who had been kicked out of their homes or were facing violence for their identities. These Houses were based on the concept of family and love and defiance, and were the soul of drag ball culture. The first house, which kickstarted ballroom culture from the 1960s on, was the LaBeija House, founded by Crystal and Lottie LaBeija in the 1960s as a response to the racism they’d experienced in extant drag scenes in New York City.
There were many, many, many Houses that participated in drag ball culture- some of the most famous ones include The House Of Ebony, The House Of Xtravaganza, and the House of Ninja. All houses were led by “mothers” and “fathers”, usually elder members from drag ball culture.
Drag scenes in this time period consisted of several different opportunities, mainly for lesbians, both cis and trans, gay men, and trans women. Contestants would “walk” (perform) and participate in different categories based on their identity or how they expressed themselves. These categories produced a lot of queer language as we know it today.
Two terms that originated with/were popularized by ballroom culture of the late 1900s, were ‘butch queen’ and ‘femme queen’. ‘Butch queen’ was a category for performers who were gay men but did not possess hyperfeminine or hypermasculine qualities/expressions, but rather a combination. The term was for a uniquely queer celebration of a blending of masculinity and femininity. ‘Femme queen’ was a category for people who would today be considered transgender women- people who were born ‘male’ but sought forms of gender, sexual, and/or social transition to live and present as a woman.
Femme queens and butch queens were the biggest parts of drag culture. They accompanied other categories, like for butches (not butch queens) who were masculine lesbians. Other categories highlighted ‘Realness’ (the ability of performers to ‘pass’ as straight men/women), ‘business executive’, and several categories that allowed men to still be masculine and women to still be feminine.
Language was very important in drag ball culture. ‘Femme’, ‘butch’, ‘queen’, they all described an aspect of queerness that was personal and yet political at the same time. This dedication to queer language led to the development of unique terms and language to define aspects of ballroom culture- in fact, most modern ‘queer’ language has been appropriated by white queer people from ballroom culture. Terms like ‘spilling tea’, ‘work’, ‘slay’, ‘yass queen’, and many others, all originate from ballroom culture. Many popular dance trends and moves, including the infamous ‘voguing’, also originate from the dance aspects of ballroom culture.
Although the history of drag kings is very often overlooked, they were and just as integral to drag culture as drag queens are. There were drag ball categories for trans men, butch trans men, and for trans men to ‘pass’ as gay men. Butch and trans men categories and experiences in this culture were emphasized and related, building the shared history between butch lesbian and trans male communities. queer history is inextricable from this kind of Black and Latino history. Queer language is not just queer language, and its history deserves to be known and respected.
Sources-
https://mozartcultures.com/en/understanding-the-ballroom-culture-its-incredible-impact-on-the-world/
https://www.allgaylong.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-modern-ballroom-culture/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_LaBeija
https://time.com/5941822/ballroom-voguing-queer-black-culture-renaissance/
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Nakni &/or Hattak - a gender/term describing a choctaw man.
etymology: nakni - a male (human, animal, etc.), hattak - a person
(only to be used by Choctaw Indigenous people)
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