ABSTRACT
The Two-Spirit Dry Lab is the first research collaborative on Turtle Island dedicated solely to the health of Two-Spirit people. This chapter explores the ‘origin stories’ of three members’ arrival to and experience of the Lab: Harlan, a Two-Spirit First Nations nēhiyo, reflects on the immutable historic foundations of Indigenous knowledges in our work. Travis Salway, a settler queer cis man, comments how reconciliation is an iterative process of (un)learning rooted in relation(ship)s. Milo Ira, a Two-Spirit trans person, dreams of building upon the foundation of our Lab to remember, amplify and celebrate time-honoured roles of our Indigenous neurodiverse relatives. We arrive at unity through the mutual acknowledging and honouring of our differences as all necessary threads of shared cultural permanence and eternal belonging.
