bispirituel

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bis.pi.ʁi.tɥɛl/
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Noun

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

Derived terms

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