"Two-spirit" (or "2S") is a calque of Ojibwe niizh manidoowag. The term is generally used in English as a catch-all term for various Indigenous North American gender-variant or third-gender roles and identities. Like a lot of LGBT+ terms, however, the "two-spirit" label has its controversies, its fuzz around the edges, and its misusages.
I've heard it also used for non american traditional non binary genders like Aboriginal Australian or even surviving European pre industrial groups like the Feminilli (there's a lot of commonality with groups in India in these traditions which might speak to a pan-indo-european tradition of gender non conformity lasting at least into late antiquity), but I understand that's a bit controversial
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"Two-spirit" (or "2S") is a calque of Ojibwe niizh manidoowag. The term is generally used in English as a catch-all term for various Indigenous North American gender-variant or third-gender roles and identities. Like a lot of LGBT+ terms, however, the "two-spirit" label has its controversies, its fuzz around the edges, and its misusages.
I've heard it also used for non american traditional non binary genders like Aboriginal Australian or even surviving European pre industrial groups like the Feminilli (there's a lot of commonality with groups in India in these traditions which might speak to a pan-indo-european tradition of gender non conformity lasting at least into late antiquity), but I understand that's a bit controversial