Montana Two Spirit Society
The mission of the Montana Two Spirit Society is to advocate and educate the Montana LGBTI community and general community about Two-Spirit issues, histories, and traditions.
The Montana Two Spirit Society formed in 1996 through a joint effort by Pride, Inc. (Montana’s LGBT advocacy organization) and the Montana Gay Men’s Task Force to conduct an annual Two Spirit gathering. Over the years, the gathering has grown from a handful of participants to nearly 100 attendees from not only Montana, but surrounding states as well. Tribes from all over the west are represented at the Gathering.
The mission of the Montana Two Spirit Society is to advocate and educate the Montana LGBTI community and general community about Two-Spirit issues, histories, and traditions. They promote health, wellness and spiritual well being by sharing their traditions with one another, healing past wounds, and learning new ways to combat disease. They also outreach and build alliances and coalitions with other community based organizations to increase visibility of the Two-Spirit and Native LGBTI community and restore the traditions.
