Our Mission

It is the mission of the Two Spirit Society of Denver to strive to restore the traditional role of Two Spirited persons.

In most Native American history, gay, lesbian, and/or transgendered individuals were considered holy and treated with the highest respect. They were the historians, the healers, and the people of empowerment. They possessed the delicate balance of male and female, and were often honored for being unique and having a different spiritual calling. For their tribes, they were the mediators between the spirit world and the natural world. They were known in their separate languages as “naadle” (nad le) They who love their own kind, translation from the Navajo language; “winkte” (wink-day) would be woman, translation from the Lakota Sioux language; and “bade” (bah-day) male/female person, translation from the Hidatsa language.

Reclaiming this heritage requires the preservation of Two Spirit history and traditions among the various Native peoples as well as the re-education of contemporary societies, both native and non-native alike.

This task necessitates a network of support for GBLT Natives, community visibility, and outreach/educational programs.