Day 7: Remembering Queer Ancestors in Silence
Not every story of queer and Indigenous resistance has been recorded. Countless ancestors lived courageously, embodying identities that colonial powers erased or denied. Their names, languages, and traditions may not have survived in writing, but they live on in our bodies, in our communities, and in the resilience of those who come after.
Today we pause to honor these ancestors, the silenced ones, the unnamed ones, the keepers of wisdom who resisted simply by being. Their courage is the ground we stand on, and their survival is the reason we can speak, love, and live openly today.
“We are the dreams of those who came before, and we carry their fire into the future.”
This act of remembrance is itself resistance. By refusing to let silence erase our histories, we claim our place in the long arc of liberation and honor the continuum of life that endures beyond suppression.
Learn More
- Resource: Queering Ancestry – Native Youth Sexual Health Network – A project exploring how Indigenous youth connect with ancestral teachings, bodies, and identities through decolonial practices.
- Book: Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101 by b. binaohan – A guide to rethinking gender through anti-colonial and Indigenous-centered frameworks.
- PBS: The Archive of Desire – (Indigenous LGBTQ+ archival work)
- Resource: Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day – Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) – A Canadian initiative to raise awareness, education, and celebration of Two-Spirit resurgence, culture, and ceremony tied to the spring equinox.
- Resource: Shifting the Gaze: A Decolonial Queer Analysis of Indian Residential School Archives – Oxford Academic (2023)
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