What Does It Mean to Be Indigenous & Queer? ft. Chelazon Leroux & Haley Robinson
Humanity’s oldest, most suppressed queer identities, 2-Spirit. Tiktok star Chelazon Leroux and actor/model Haley Robinson tear open the wounds of colonial erasure and reclaim the beauty of being both Indigenous and Queer. From navigating intergenerational trauma to confronting settler microaggressions, they expose the raw truth about what it means to exist at the intersection of queerness and indigeneity. This isn’t just a conversation, it’s a call to unlearn everything you think you know about queer history. Vizzy Hard Seltzer: https://www.vizzyhardseltzer.ca/en-CA FOLLOW CHELAZON Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chelazonleroux Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chelazonleroux/ FOLLOW HALEY Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@og.robinson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/og.robinson10/ FOLLOW US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: queer.collective.to@gmail.com 00:00 Overview 02:41 Growing up Indigenous 10:56 What is 2-spirit? 16:02 Is 2-spirit accepted in communities? 23:33 Being 2-spirit AND queer 27:36 Indigenous culture 32:21 Colonial and religious indoctrination 37:45 What intergenerational trauma destroys 41:50 long lasting impacts of trauma 51:12 How the government is at play 56:38 on reserve vs off reserve 01:05:58 microaggressions you might be using