bispirituel
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French
Etymology
Calque of Ojibwe niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”); see English two-spirit for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
bispirituel m (plural bispirituels, feminine bispirituelle)
- a two-spirit
- 2008, Shari Brotman, Joseph Josy Lévy, Intersections: Cultures, sexualités et genres, PUQ, →ISBN, page 428:
- Selon certaines études, il existe une corrélation entre racisme-colonialisme et homophobie-transphobie, qui explique l’augmentation des risques d’infection du VIH chez les bispirituels (Ryan et Chervin, 2001).
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