Colours & Meanings Life (from the Rainbow flag) Healing (from the Rainbow flag) Sunlight (from the Rainbow flag) Nature (from the Rainbow flag) Serenity (from the Rainbow flag) Spirit (from the Rainbow flag) About There have been variations of the two-spirit flag around for a while, including variations that feature two feathers upon the rainbow […]

Colours & Meanings Life (from the Rainbow flag) Healing (from the Rainbow flag) Sunlight (from the Rainbow flag) Nature (from the Rainbow flag) Serenity (from the Rainbow flag) Spirit (from the Rainbow flag) Representation of the different shades of skin colour Representation of the different shades of skin colour Representation of the different shades of […]

a recognised third-gender on the Indian subcontinent, comprised of people who are either eunucs, intersex or transgender. The Hijra go by many other names depending on the language, with a well-documented history. Many Hijra face discrimination, and during the time of the British Raj (when the Indian subcontinent was colonialised by the British), many Hijra […]

a culturally specific term in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lexicon to refer to transgender, nonbinary and other gender diverse individuals who have a ‘female‘ spirit and take on female roles within the community.

a culturally specific term in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lexicon to refer to transgender, nonbinary and other gender diverse individuals who have a ‘male‘ spirit and take on male roles within the community.

An initialism of Queer People of Colour.

An initialism of Queer and Trans People of Colour.

a term originating in Indigenous North American communities in 1990, to describe people who fulfill a traditional third-gender or gender variant role in traditional societies; the “two-spirit” relates to individuals who possess the traditional masculine and feminine qualities. It should be noted, however, that not all two-spirit individuals associate themselves with the LGBTQIA+ community.