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Blake Desjarlais is Canada’s first Two Spirit Canadian MP

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Contemporary report on Blake Desjarlais becoming Canada’s first Two-Spirit MP.

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Start with the answer How did asexual and Two-Spirit visibility grow? It grew through community language, Indigenous gatherings, online networks, research and public campaigns. Read the topic guide Asexual and Two-Spirit Visibility Asexual and Two-Spirit visibility grew through community-created language, gatherings, research and campaigns that challenged narrow LGBTQ+ narratives.

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Asexual and Two-Spirit Visibility

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How did asexual and Two-Spirit visibility grow?

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Blake Desjarlais Becomes Canada's First Two-Spirit MP

Blake Desjarlais (Cree/Métis), running for the New Democratic Party, won the Edmonton Griesbach riding in the 2021 Canadian federal election. At age 27, Desjarlais became the first openly Two-Spirit person elected to Canada's Parliament and Alberta's only Indigenous MP, bringing Two-Spirit identity into the highest levels of democratic representation.