Must read Two-Spirit books

1. Jonny Appleseed, a novel by Joshua Whitehead, is a unique vision of Indigenous life. Jonny is a young Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer who becomes a cybersex worker and is trying to survive in the big city. He goes through a series of tribulations as he prepares to return home to the rez for his step-father’s funeral. Full of grit, glitter and dreams.
2. The Way of Thorn and Thunder, part of The Kynship Chronicles by Daniel Heath Justice. Set in a world similar to eighteenth-century North America, this Indigenous fantasy fiction bends genre and gender. This is an original trilogy that is available in a fully revised one-volume novel. 
3. In Her I Am by Chrystos, explores the geography of sexual desire through poems. 
4. Making Love With the Land Essays by Joshua Whitehead boldly shares his story of an Indigenous body in pain and coping with trauma while still nourishing a lust for life in this world.
5. A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of A Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby. In this autobiography, Chacaby recounts early memories in a remote Ojibwa community. Through her life, Chacaby overcomes social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism, abuse and assault. She raises a family, achieves sobriety, and comes out as lesbian. Her memoir is full of insights into the challenges faced by many Indigenous people.
6. Spaces Between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization by Scott Lauria Morgensen examines the connections of non-Native and Native sexual politics in the United States.
7. Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson is a collection of indigenous sci-fi and urban fantasy featuring LGBT2SQ characters stories of magical futurism, love and self-love with plots ranging from time travel romances to experimental transformational medicines.
8. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead. This groundbreaking anthology of Two-Spirit and queer (2SQ) Indigenous speculative fiction. Through fantastical stories, readers explore themes of resilience, resistance and love in the face of colonialism. 

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