When it comes to Two-Spirit and gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning (GBTQ+) Indigenous folks being represented in sexual health research, we too often hear that there’s “not enough data” or there’s “not a big enough sample size.” This time, we have the data and the sample size is more than enough.
For its 2018 Sex Now survey, Community-Based Research Centre’s (CBRC) team of researchers travelled across Turtle Island (colonially known as Canada) and spoke to 271 Two-Spirit and GBTQ+ Indigenous folks (9.0% of all participants) about current sexual practices. Here is some of what we learned.
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