USU Statesman
MARISSA SHIELDS
http://www.usustatesman.com/film-explores-diversity-in-gender-perceptions-1.2669421Are there more than two genders? That was the question posed Tuesday at the screening of the film "Two Spirits."
The film discusses the death of a transgender Navajo youth, who was murdered because of his sexuality, film creator Lydia Nibley said. The Navajo culture accepts four different sexes: male, female, males who feel female, and females who feel male, the film said.
Fred Martinez, the transgender Navajo, is one of the youngest victims of a hate crime. Nibley said she publicizes Martinez's murder in order to bring awareness to hate crimes and the pain they cause in societies.
The hope is that by helping people understand sexuality and issues of the transgender, we will accept them as a community, Nibley said.
