This Pride Month, I want to share this freedom to know yourself. Two-Spirit folks are STILL here even after boarding schools tried to erase this part of us. We might never have the same understandings that we did pre-colonial contact, but I am still here and still able to claim my identity because I am surrounded by a supportive community and am free to be who I am from the inside out.

This is the second installment of our Protect the Sacred series. In this article, we’re covering the basics of the MMIR Crisis.