two-spirited
adj.— «It can be used to describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup…transgender, transsexual, two-spirited (a Native American reference), queer and questioning.» —“‘Queer’ label still raises questions” by Sheila Mullowney Newport Daily News (R.I.) May 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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