Pride Month: Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ Titles | Wellington County Library

The Autobiography of A Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

by Chacaby, Ma-Nee

Book - 2016

The author recounts her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian, from her childhood to her eventual social activism. The author recounts her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian, from her childhood to her eventual social activism. Show less

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Love After the End

An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Book - 2020

This exciting and groundbreaking fiction collection showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across Turtl...Show more This exciting and groundbreaking fiction collection showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories. Show less

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Jonny Appleseed

A Novel

by Whitehead, Joshua

Book - 2018

"You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in th...Show more "You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez"-and his former life-to attend the funeral of his stepfather. Show less

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This Wound Is A World

Poems

by Belcourt, Billy-Ray

Book - 2017

Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut poetry collection, This Wound Is a World, is "a prayer against breaking," writes trans Anishinaabe and Métis poet Gwe...Show more Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut poetry collection, This Wound Is a World, is "a prayer against breaking," writes trans Anishinaabe and Métis poet Gwen Benaway. "By way of an expansive poetic grace, Belcourt merges a soft beauty with the hardness of colonization to shape a love song that dances Indigenous bodies back into being. Show less

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Holy Wild

by Benaway, Gwen

Book - 2018

In Holy Wild , Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans women in expansive lyric poems. She holds up the Indigenous trans body ...Show more In Holy Wild , Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans women in expansive lyric poems. She holds up the Indigenous trans body as a site of struggle, liberation, and beauty. A confessional poet, Benaway narrates her sexual and romantic intimacies with partners as well as her work to navigate the daily burden of transphobia and violence. Show less

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Mamaskatch

A Cree Coming of Age

by McLeod, Darrel

Book - 2018

The author recounts his childhood growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta. His mother, Bertha, shared narratives of their culture, their family a...Show more The author recounts his childhood growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta. His mother, Bertha, shared narratives of their culture, their family and the cruelty that she and her sisters endured in residential school. Bertha taught Darrel to be proud of his heritage. But in a series of tragic events, Darrel's mother became unstable, and their home life became chaotic. Sweet and innocent by nature, Darrel struggled to maintain his grades, while changing homes many times, witnessing violence, caring for his younger siblings and suffering abuse at the hands of his surrogate father. Then, his older brother's gender transition provoked Darrel to deeply question his own sexual identity. Show less

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Disintegrate/dissociate

Poems

by Twist, Arielle

Book - 2019

In her powerful debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare y...Show more In her powerful debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare yet powerful poems, she explores, with both rage and tenderness, the parameters of grief, trauma, displacement, and identity. Weaving together a past made murky by uncertainty and a present which exists in multitudes, Arielle Twist poetically navigates through what it means to be an Indigenous trans woman, discovering the possibilities of a hopeful future and a transcendent, beautiful path to regaining softness. Show less

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Fire Song

by Jones, Adam Garnet

Book - 2018

Fire Song tells about the struggles of two Indigenous gay teenagers trying to find their place in the world. Fire Song tells about the struggles of two Indigenous gay teenagers trying to find their place in the world. Show less

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