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200965 minPG-13documentary

4.3/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

Lgbtq Rights Indigenous Histories

Two Spirits

200965 minPG-13documentary

4.3/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

Fred Martinez, a 16-year-old Navajo youth and two-spirit individual, was murdered, reflecting the cultural importance of the nadleeh tradition.

Lgbtq Rights Indigenous Histories

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Fred Martinez, a 16-year-old Navajo youth and two-spirit individual, was murdered, reflecting the cultural importance of the nadleeh tradition.

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Russell Martinwriter

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Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.

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