Tag: Toronto Artists
She King: Shawnee isn’t your typical queer pop singer
Shawnee Lynn Talbot uses her songs to advocate for queer, Indigenous, youth, and mental health issues.
On stage, her name is just Shawnee or She King. She is a Mohawk Canadian singer and identifies as Two Spirit. Two Spirit is a term uses in Indigenous communities to describe individuals who are fluid with their gender and sexuality.
Two Spirit people used to be celebrated in Indigenous communities before European settlers colonized North America. Since the Indigenous culture relied heavily on oral teachings,...
