21. Held in Community - Love, Culture and Two-Spirit Belonging
This week, Kai is joined by his good friend and colleague Chase Willier for a a conversation that is both deeply personal and powerful. Recorded on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) land - also known as Vancouver - this episode marks Indigenous History Month with compassion and connection at its heart. Chase shares his lived experience during the Sixties Scoop, offering insight into a painful chapter of history that continues to echo in the present. He speaks to the brutal impact of colonization, and the many ways it has disrupted connection - for First Nations people broadly, and for Two-Spirit people in particular. Alongside the grief, Chase also shares the healing that has come from reconnecting with culture - through receiving teachings, being held in community and finding belonging as a Two-Spirit person. His story is a reminder of the beauty in honouring Two-Spirit people, and the depth that lives in returning to who we truly are. In this conversation, Kai and Chase explore what it means to carry the weight of that history, while still choosing love as a compass. As Chase puts it: "If it doesn't come from love, then it's not our culture." Download our free guide: Supporting Two-Spirit People - A Resource for Allies (https://www.transfocus.ca/freeresourcedownload)
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