bispirituel

French

Etymology

Calque of Ojibwe niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”); see English two-spirit for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.spi.ʁi.tɥɛl/

Noun

bispirituel m (plural bispirituels, feminine bispirituelle)

  1. 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).
    Synonyms: bardache, berdache (especially historical, now offensive)

Derived terms
  • bispiritualité
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