Hi everyone, welcome back to doing it, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has

never been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Witten. I am super excited to tell you about my guest

this week. Charlie Amioskot is a Dine scholar born and raised within the central part of the Navajo Nation.

Charlie reflects, analyzes and critiques what it means to be queer, trans and Dine in the 21st century,

on their personal blog, Dineaesthetics.com, while inspiring Indigenous joy and justice to thousands on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.

They are a doctoral candidate in higher education

at the University of Denver with their research interests on the intricacies of settler colonialism,

social media and higher education, and their English pronouns are they, them and she her. I really wanted

to get Charlie on the podcast as we've not had a North American indigenous voice on the podcast before

and I wanted to speak to Charlie about how their identities of being queer, trans and DNA all intersect.

In this episode you'll hear from Charlie about growing up in Navajo Nation,

how she didn't realize she was a minority until she left to go to college.

We also spoke about exploring

her queer and trans identity as an indigenous person, misconceptions that Navajo Nation is very

inclusive of queer and gender diverse people, but also the impact settler colonialism has had on

this. Charlie told me about what two-spirit identity is, how it is not the same as trans or non-binary,

and why Two-Spirit is a specific identity to Indigenous cultures in North America.

Charlie talked about how connecting to their personal identity has come hand in hand with understanding

the impact of colonialism on Navajo and Indigenous identity and freedom.

We talked about Charlie's work to connect with and support other queer and trans

Indigenous people, the importance of celebrating their people and honouring their ancestry,

but also forging how they want to be and the life they want for themselves and for Indigenous

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