Examining precontact Inuit gender complexity and its
"Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things" is a new documentary that explores what it is like being LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) in Inuit culture. The film investigates the implications that residential schooling, rapid modernization, colonization, and Christianity have had on the way LGBTQ Inuit are viewed within their own culture and society. We hope the film encourages dialogue and resources. The film investigates the implications that residential schooling, rapid modernization, colonization, and Christianity have had on the way LGBTQ Inuit are viewed within their own culture and society. Unique Documentary Explores Sexuality in Inuit Culture
The name of the film, Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things, comes from the Inuktitut words for lesbian and gay, passed on from the elders of a purple-haired Inuit youth leader. News Sep 26, — pm EDT. How politics, culture, religion and the English language shape sexuality in the North. The Arctic Institute's Queering the Arctic Series 2023
Years from now, when the children of homosexual Inuit are old enough to understand, they’ll learn how Nunavut joined the global gay rights movement on a bitter cold, blue-sky morning, Feb. 10, , when a man in a hoodie hoisted a rainbow flag on a pole outside Iqaluit city hall. As is often the case with memorable things in retrospect, it was just a small, spontaneous event, organized by a. A new documentary aims to reverse that course by not only shining a light on the very recent Christianization and colonization of the North, but by connecting the past actions of the Canadian government with the unique struggles and experiences faced by LGBTQ Inuit people in Nunavut today. I spoke with Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things filmmakers Mark Kenneth Woods and Michael Yerxa over the phone in two separate interviews on Tuesday to discuss why their film matters, how the Canadian government marginalized—and continues to marginalize—the people of Nunavut, how they felt about telling a story about LGBTQ Inuit identity as white gay men, and more. 
The Quiet Pride of Queer and Trans Inuit in Canada’s Far North
2SLGBTQ+ acceptance growing in Kuujjuaq, but more work needed. Kuujjuaq, an Inuit town in northern Quebec, has been hosting 2SLGBTQ+ pride parades for the past few years – but Two-Spirit youth from the community say a lot of progress has yet to be made. Niivi Snowball, 16, said they’ve. Louise Lopez expertly guides queer individuals to vibrant, inclusive U. In recent years, community events, such as Pride celebrations and film screenings, have made their way to the territory.
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This is not to say there haven’t been any Inuit who were queer, gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, nonbinary or non-conformist with the heterosexual, binary, male-dominated world in any way, on the contrary; the spectra of Indigenous genders and sexualities often transcend the ‘classic’ terminology of the LGBTQ+-community. You know who you are , jerks. At the same time, Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things also shows how queer culture is perceived as the stuff of non-Inuit outsiders in the far north. 
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The film takes its name from the Inuktitut language words for lesbian and gay, which literally translate as "two soft things rubbing together" and "two hard things rubbing together", respectively. .
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He called upon traditional Inuit values in urging the inclusion of LGBT people in the legislation, arguing back against those who claimed being gay was in direct opposition to those values. . 
Documentary shines spotlight on experience of LGBT Inuit
The documentary gets its name from the English translation for the equivalent Inuktitut words for lesbian (“two soft things rubbing together”) and gay (“two hard things rubbing together”), which Woods and Yerxa learned from one of their interview subjects, Iqaluit community member and former President of the National Inuit Youth Council. .