Native American

Intersections of Identity:

LGBTQ and Native American

These lists are not comprehensive. If you know of a resource that you believe should be added, please send us an email at spectrumcenter@umich.edu. We welcome ideas and feedback.

National & International Resources

• Addressing Two-Spirits in the American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Communities Instructors Manual. (2003). National Native American AIDS Prevention Center.  Gay Men of Color Two Spirits Project.  Retrieved from http://www.nnaapc.org/publications/publications.htm

• Alaers BSW, Jill.  (2010).  Two-Spirited People and Social Work Practice: Exploring the History of Aboriginal Gender and Sexual Diversity.  Critical Social Work 11(1).  Retrieved from  http://www.uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/two-spirited-people-and-social-work-practice-exploring-the-history-of-aboriginal-gender-and-sexual-d

• Frazer, M. Somjen and Pruden, Harlan. (2010). Reclaiming Our Voice: Two Spirit Health & Human Service Needs in New York State. NYS DOH AIDS Institute: Albany, NY.  Retrieved from http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/reports/native_people/docs/reclaiming_our_voices.pdf

• Be Yourself Questions & Answers for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth. (2002). Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc.  Retrieved from http://www.pflag.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Be_Yourself.pdf

• Beyond the Binary: A Tool Kit for Gender Identity Activisms in Schools. (2004). Gay-Straight Alliance Network/Tides Center, Transgender Law Center and National Center for Lesbian Rights.  Retrieved from http://www.nclrights.org/site/DocServer/beyond_the_binary.pdf?docID=741

• Currah, Paisley & Minter, Shannon & Green, Jamison. (2000). Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activists and Policy Makers.  Retrieved from http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/TransgenderEquality.pdf

• Equality from State to State 2010: A Review of State Legislation in 2010 Affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community and a Look Ahead to 2011. (2011).  Human Rights Campaign Foundation.  Retrieved from http://www.hrc.org/about_us/15322.htm

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (GLBTQ) Youth A population in need of understanding and Support. (2010).  Advocates for Youth.   Retrieved from http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/storage/advfy/documents/glbtq_youth%202010.pdf

• Gentlewarrior, Sabrina. (2009). Culturally Competent Service Provision to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Survivors of Sexual Violence.  National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women.  Retrieved from http://new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/AR_LGBTSexualViolence.pdf

• Gray, Mary L. (2009). Negotiating Identities/Queering Desires: Coming Out Outline and the Remediation of the Coming-Out Story.  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 1162-1189.  Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01485.x/pdf

• Gwendolyn, Leachma. (2009). Social Movements and the Journalistic Field:  A Multi-Institutional Approach to Tactical Dominance in the LGBT Movement.  ISSC Fellows Working Papers, Institute for Study of Social Change, UC Berkeley.   Retrieved from  http://escholarship.ucop.edu/uc/item/5j346415?display=all

• Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools. (2009).  Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.   Retrieved from http://www.eqcai.org/atf/cf/%7B8CCA0E2F-FAEC-46C1-8727-CB02A7D1B3CC%7D/Harsh%20Realities.pdf

• Healthy People 2020 Transgender Health Fact Sheet.  (2010).  Healthy People.  Retrieved from http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/sexualdiversity/documents/CA_Healthy_People_2020_Transgender_Health_Fact_Sheet.pdf

• Himmelstein, Kathryn E.W. & Bruckner, Hannah. (2010). Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study.  Pediatrics, originally published online December 6, 2010, doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2306

• Lev, Arlene Istar, L.C.S.W.-R, C.A.S.A.C.  (2010).  How Queer!  The Development of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in LGBTQ- Headed Families.  Family Process, Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 268-290.  Retrieved from:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01323.x/pdf

• Liddle, Becky J. (2007). The Challenge of Understanding LGBTQ Lives and Experiences.  Out in Psychology Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Prospectives.  Page 121-122.  Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470713099.part2/pdf

• Mamea, Aurora., Villasenor, Ruth & King, Janet.  (2006).  Best Practices for LGBTQ Two-Spirited Population.  Native American Health Center Cultural Competence & Mental Health Summit XIV. Retrieved from http://www.cimh.org/downloads/handouts/T%20130%20King%20Janet%20Best%20Practices%20for%20LGBTQ-%20Two-Spirited%20Population%20Presentation%20file%201%20ev.pdf

• Media Reference Guide. (2010). Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.  Retrieved from http://www.glaad.org/document.doc?id=99

• Module 11 Responding to Specific Populations Participants Guide-Draft  (). Pg. 73-106.   

• National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report of Health and Health Care.  (2010). National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.  Retrieved from http://transequality.org/PDFs/NTDSReportonHealth_final.pdf

• Nelson, Erika Grace. (2009). Gay for Pay: The Role of Philanthropy in Upholding Homonormative Nonprofit Agenda in LGBT Advocacy Organizations A Professional Paper.  The Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.  Retrieved from http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/50392/1/Nelson,%20Erika.pdf

• OVC Webinar Transcript: Responding to Native LGBT/Two Spirit Community Crime Victims.  Harlan Pruden on June 8, 2011.  Retrieved from http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum/asp/Transcript.asp?Topic_ID=154

• Providing Services and Supports for Youth who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex or Two-Spirit. (2008).  Practice Brief: Providing Services and Supports for Youth Who Are LGBTQ. Retrieved from http://nccc.georgetown.edu/documents/lgbtqi2s.pdf

• Ryan, C. (2003). LGBT Youth: Health concerns, services and care.  Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, 20(2): 137-158.  Retrieved from http://calswec.berkeley.edu/CALSWEC/FE2005_03_Ryan_LGBTYouthHealth.pdf

• Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation’s School. (2009). Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.   Retrieved from http://www.ct.gov/shp/lib/shp/pdf/glsen_report.pdf

• Simoni, PhD, Jane M., Walters, PhD, Karina L., Balsam, PhD, Kimberly F., & Meyers, PhD, Seth B. (2006). Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Gay/Bisexual/Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City.  American Journal of Public Health, 96 (12), 2240-2245.   Retrieved from http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/reprint/96/12/2240.pdf

• Straight for Equality: A PFLAG Field Guide.  (2007). Straight for Equity.  Retrieved from http://community.pflag.org/document.doc?id=140

• Transgender Issues: A Fact Sheet.  (2007. Transgender Law and Policy Institute.  Retrieved from http://www.transgenderlaw.org/resources/transfactsheet.pdf

• Toolkit – Assuring Cultural and Linguistic Competence. (2010). Embracing People in Communities: A Program of PROCEED, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.proceedinc.com/?p=national-resources

• Toolkit for Integrating HIV Services in Native Health Setting. (2010).  A collaboration between Center for Health Training and National Native American AIDS Prevention Center funded by Cooperative Agreement with CDC.  Retrieved from http://www.centerforhealthtraining.org/documents/e09_NatvTOOLKIT.pdf

• Two-Spirit Groups & Societies Map.  (2010)  Native Out Learn, Connect Get Involved.  Retrieved from http://nativeout.com/connect-involved/twospirit-societies.html

• Walker Ph D, Margaret A. & McAllen-Walker, Roland, M Ed., J.D.  (2009).  One Man’s Story of Being Gay and Dine (Navajo): A Study of Resiliency.  Retrieved from http://www.nativeout.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=67&Itemid=51

• Wells, Kristopher. (2009). Harassment in the Hallways: Masculinity, Sexism, & Homophobic Bullying.  Retrieved from http://www.ciafv.com/homophobic%20bullying%20(wells,%202009).pdf

These literary resources are updated annually each summer, and may have outdated information. Please send feedback to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.