Remembering History: An image of We-Wa-a-Zuni, a Native American two spirit. Michael Bronski in the second episode of our Queer History podcast: "Before the Europeans even came here, we had many Native tribes and groups of people who exhibited behavior such as cross-dressing, same-sex relationships for both women and for men. Each of the tribes had their own language for this. When the Europeans came here, they used the French word berdache—which was a pejorative word essentially meaning a pedophile."

An image of We-Wa-a-Zuni, a Native American two spirit. Michael Bronski in the second episode of our Queer History podcast: "Before the Europeans even came here, we had many Native tribes and groups of people who exhibited behavior such as cross-dressing, same-sex relationships for both women and for men. Each of the tribes had their own language for this. When the Europeans came here, they used the French word berdache—which was a pejorative word essentially meaning a pedophile."

An image of We-Wa-a-Zuni, a Native American two spirit. Michael Bronski in the second episode of our Queer History podcast: "Before the Europeans even came here, we had many Native tribes and groups of people who exhibited behavior such as cross-dressing, same-sex relationships for both women and for men. Each of the tribes had their own language for this. When the Europeans came here, they used the French word berdache—which was a pejorative word essentially meaning a pedophile."