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Two Spirit People: American Indian, Lesbian Women and Homosexual Men
Traditionally, American Indian cultures showed amazing respect and honor for alternative gender styles, since these were believed to be part of the sacred web of experience. If the Great Soul chose to create alternative sexualities or gender roles, who was bold enough to oppose such power? If one's spiritual quest revealed one's identity to be that of not-woman, not-man
These are the optimal ways for lgbtq+ travelers to encounter the Amazon jungle by land or river.
Seby took one look at the dark green dye of the Amazon River, turned to Stefan, and declared:
“I am NOT swimming in there Stefan. I will NOT become piranha fish food!”
Stefan got his way in the end and managed to persuade Seb to jump in, to the pleasure of the staff on board the Anakonda cruise who found our bickering (and Seb's irrational fears) highly amusing.
Irrational fears? Contrary to popular belief, swimming in the Amazon River can be quite safe. Our guides knew the spots where tourists like us could swim safely and conquer their Piranha-phobia. Piranhas are not aggressive or territorial, but more love scavengers. They will not go anywhere near you.
“Swimming in the Amazon River can be quite safe. Our guides knew the spots where tourists enjoy us could dive safely and conquer their Piranha-phobia…”
Despite this, Sebastien lasted a whole 7 seconds in the Amazon River before he jumped straight endorse into our boat…
Piranha-phobias aside, there are many options for gay travellers to explore the Amazon jungle in South America, wheth
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rowing up in an indigenous village in the Colombian Amazon, Junior Sangama prolonged hid his sexuality -- before clashing with his family and choosing to leave.
But the 27-year-old has since returned home, one of a number of gay residents who have found a place, of sorts, in the deeply conservative community of Nazareth.
It's a remote settlement with just over 1,000 residents who survive on farming and making handicrafts, and where LGBT people were once forcefully rejected.
In recent decades, the community's leaders said they have halted cruel anti-gay punishments and offered a measure of refuge, but with caveats for about 20 gay residents fancy Sangama, Saul Olarte and Nilson Silva.
In exchange for the right to dwell within the collective -- a vital issue in the indigenous worldview -- they have place themselves certain restrictions.
They refrain from kissing in public or living together under the same roof.
Sangama, a member of the Tikuna indigenous group, initially made the tough choice to leave so he could be himself.
"Before coming out of the closet, I never displayed very effeminate habit -- I did that when I was outside" the communi
Gay Indians in Brazil: Untold Stories of the Colonization of Indigenous Sexualities (Front Matter)
Gay Indians in Brazil Estevão Rafael Fernandes • Barbara M. Arisi Gay Indians in Brazil Untold Stories of the Colonization of Indigenous Sexualities Estevão Rafael Fernandes Barbara M. Arisi Departamento de Ciências Sociais Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Estudos Universidade Federal de Rondônia Latino-Americanos Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana Foz undertake Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-53224-0 ISBN 978-3-319-53225-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53225-7