Fallback

"Anishinaabe [(< Ojibwa)] culture is adaptable.  Even if the categories of LGBTQ did not exist in ancient times, there is nothing to prevent [the Anishinaabe(g)] from recognizing and fully accepting non-heteronormative sexual orientations.  Only th[eir] values are non-negotiable.  [Though] they are sometimes forgotten, they have not disappeared.  It is perhaps these values [of individual autonomy and the preservation of social harmony (123), of respect for others and non-interference (114, 125)] that the Anishinaabe(g) are about to re-appropriate [(vont choiser)] for the purpose of finding responses to their questions about how to help those who feel themselves ill at ease with [the prospect of being allowed to] embrace [(vivre)] their sexuality without judgment in the context of [their] communities."

     Marie-Pierre Bousquet, Laurence Hamel-Charest, and Anna Mapachee. "Y avait-il des deux-esprits chez les Anicinabek?  Perceptions sur la sexualité et les genres."  Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec 50, no. 1 (2020):   125 (114-127), translation mine.  It should, however, be stressed that they did shoulder the assignment with the deflationary cautions of Jean-Guy Goulet (115-116) in mind.