Queers for Economic Justice: 147 West 24th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Directions: By Bus take the M07, M20 to 7th Ave/W. 25th; M23 to W 23rd Street/7th Avenue. By Train take the 1 to 7th Avenue/23rd Street; F,M to 23rd Street; A,C,E to 23rd Street.
The NorthEast Two-Spirit and the Audre Lorde Project is collaboarting in honoring March 20th for Native American AIDS Awareness Day. This event is cosponsored by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
There will be a film with discussion this evening.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Queers for Economic Justice
The NorthEast Two-Spirit and the Audre Lorde Project is collaborating in honoring March 20th for Native American AIDS Awareness Day. This event is cosponsored by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
There will be a film with a panel discussion with, NE2SS members, Harlan Pruden and Sheldon Raymore
The TWO SPIRITS documentary is an award winning documentary which interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. But the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live, and Fred became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lives the truth—the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself. There will be an interactive discussion after the film.
Objectives/things that attendees will gain from this event:
- Some aspects of being Two Spirit within some Native American cultures.
- Learn some aspects of Navajo life and spirituality along with how they sometimes clash with general American society.
- Learn about how some are fighting hate crimes against gender non-conforming people.
- Learn about resources and services of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
