Robert Kentta
“I am gay.” Robert Kentta, a council member of the Siletz Tribe in Oregon, said to me.
I assumed he must have had many struggles due to his sexual identity.
Not at all.” Robert quietly said while shaking his head.
He explained that among the tribes, there’s a word that refers to those like Robert as “Two Spirits,” meaning the body containing the spirits of both the man and the woman. instead of being mistreated and ostracized for being different, Two Spirits are rare and therefore celebrated. Incredible. Such a twist in perspective that the world can be so inclusive.