BAAITS continues to expand its offerings over the next two months with many more community events, partnerships, and of course, SF Pride! This year's theme, "Looking Back and Moving Forward," perfectly captures our mission now as we not only honor where we've come from, but celebrate where we're going. We hope you'll join us for some (or all!) of these exciting events and gatherings.
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Two-Spirit Online Talking Circle with Tavi Hawn
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Sunday, May 7, 2023, 12:00-2:00 pm PST
Online; Registration Required
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Indigequeer and Two-Spirit community are invited to join us for this online talking circle with Tavi Hawn. We welcome a chance to reconnect and focus on our individual and community wellness.
These circles are created for and by Indigenous Two Spirit & Indigequeer TG/GNC LGBQIA+ peoples, and we ask everyone who attends to be respectful of this focus.There is no cost for our circles! We will host a monthly circle featuring different facilitators during the year. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Eventbrite to receive notices of our upcoming circles.
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Design by yAya
BAAITS Meetup @ Stanford Powwow
Saturday, May 13, 2023 for Grand Entry
Stanford University Powwow Grounds, Palo Alto, CA
We’re looking forward to seeing our IndigeQueer community out at the Stanford Powwow! Look for our BAAITS banners on our canopy around the powwow dance grounds for Saturday's grand entry. We will be there with cool drinks and maybe a healthy snack?! Circle up with our Two-Spirit Fam.
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Two-Spirit Drag Transformation
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Design by yAya
Two-Spirit DRAG TRANSFORMATION:
Featuring Landa Lakes and Papi Churro
A Two-Spirit Artist/Culture Bearer Master Workshop
3 Nights: Weds-Thurs-Fri, May 17-19, 2023
6:00 pm PST start time each night
at The Friendship House, 56 Julian Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
Limited Enrollment Requires Commitment For All Three Sessions
Join us for a 3-night workshop on the art of Drag Transformation, culminating on Friday night with an opportunity for participants to shine in a curated group performance (show). Our internationally-celebrated Two-Spirit drag artists and performers, Landa Lakes and Papi Churro, will facilitate instruction in make-up, lip sync, wardrobe do's and don'ts, and stage presence. With participants approval, parts of the transformative practice will be recorded and documented. Space is limited; register below today.
This is the first in our monthly workshop series inviting Two Spirit and IndigeQueer Artists & Cultural Bearers to share their gift of artistry and medicine with other members of the BAAITS community through in-person master workshops. Indigenous Two Spirit applicants who can attend all three sessions will be prioritized for enrollment.
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Two-Spirit Film Screenings:
Re-Remembering our Traditional Ways
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Saturday, June 3, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm PST
The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612
Join us for this BAAITS-sponsored day of film screenings with two exceptional films by Two-Spirit movie producers/artists! Featuring films by Bay Area Two-Spirit producers/artists: Jennifer Lisa Vest, "(Re)Counting (Wo)Man,” and Zephy Elise, "We Speak for the Forest."
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Join the BAAITS Contingent at SF Pride!
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This year is an important organizational year for BAAITS! With the 2023 BAAITS Powwow attracting four-thousand of our closest relatives, and as we celebrate our new staff, board members, and year-long programming, we would like to show a strong presence at the SF Pride Parade as well! Please join us in this celebration and sign up today to volunteer.
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Save These Dates!
Sunday, June 11, 5:00 pm PST:
BAAITS Co-Sponsors QWOCMAP Film Screening of MYCELIAL CARE
Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco
Wednesday, June 14, 6:00 pm PST:
Two-Spirit Talking Circle w/Roger Kuhn
Online | Registration Opens May 15
Saturday, July 1, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm PST:
Master Artist/Cultural Bearer Workshop #2 - with Kanyon Sayers
Limited Enrollment Opens June 1 | Location TBA
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Upcoming Events with our BAAITS Family
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Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) is an all-volunteer organization that exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. To that end, BAAITS is committed to offering culturally relevant activities for LGBTQ+ individuals of Native American ancestry and their families and friends.
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