"I think she's a very shy person, but I think they were all very open to what was going on," Beaucage said about the Viceland television crew. The gatherings started in the 1990s as a support for gay men who were often unfairly placed at the centre of the HIV and AIDS epidemic. October 1, 2015 0 comment. Gaycation was introduced as part of the programming launch of Vice Media's new channel, Viceland. "When we were dancing together in the powwow, I was just showing her a few steps and why we did this and I didn't even know it was being filmed," Beaucage said. ‘Two-spirited’ refers to a person who has both a masculine and a feminine spirit, and it used by some First Nations people to describe their sexual, gender and/or spiritual identity. Each of the episodes were made available for online viewing shortly after each episode's premiere. Gaycation (also known as Gaycation with Ellen Page) is a 2016 American television documentary series hosted by Elliot Page and Ian Daniel. The series explores LGBTQ cultures around the world, as Page and Daniel meet different people during their travels and hear their stories. Chicago, Illinois. ‘It was hard for me to come out to my family, but everybody already knew.’ Beaucage describes two-spirit as "queer and indigenous" but says it … In “Gaycation” Page proves to be more than just a talented actress. Traveling can make a city feel like it has two faces: one for tourists, and one for locals. In short, she is quite possibly the perfect traveling companion. 0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email. Gaycation (also known as Gaycation with Ellen Page) is a 2016 American television documentary series hosted by Elliot Page[a] and Ian Daniel. “Everyone was waiting for you to come out,” a fan tells Ellen Page in the finale of Viceland’s Gaycation. [9][10] In January 2017, the series was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program. The term Two-Spirit is a fairly modern creation from 1990, describing a person who embodies their own spirit as male or female, plus a spirit of the opposite sex—within a society that accepted gender fluidity with individuals being valued more for their contribution to the community. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. The annual International Two-Spirit Gatherings move around Canada and the United States. 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[3], The series was renewed for a second season in 2016.[4]. The series explores LGBTQ cultures around the world, as Page and Daniel meet different people during their travels and hear their stories. But diving deeper into a destination is as easy as a good chat with the right person. “Gaycation” is part travel, part sociocultural documentary, and it blends the two elements in a manner similar to that of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.” Jacobs, 29, is one of a few hundred Vancouverites that identify as two-spirit – a First Nations term for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, other gendered, and third/fourth gendered individuals. Ian travels to France, where he once lived as a student, to look at what it's like for LGBTQ persons whose stories and struggles are often hidden. Two-Spirit, a traditional social and ceremonial role found in Indigenous tribes throughout Turtle Island (i.e. In the series premiere, Elliot and Ian explore the contradictions surrounding the LGBTQ community in Japan by immersing themselves in the culture and meeting people who have struggled with the nation's ambiguous stance on homosexuality. Among the Navajo, two-spirit males often became weavers, usually women and men's work, as well as healers, which was a male role. In her new documentary series called Gaycation, Ellen Page explores LGBTQ culture across the world. “Myself as well,” Page replies with a smirk. The annual International Two-Spirit Gatherings move around Canada and the United States. Two-Spirit (also two spirit or, occasionally, twospirited) is a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people in their communities who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) ceremonial and social role in their cultures.. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. I met David in 2004 when we were both doing work in HIV prevention. Twitter: @pridewinnep A Navajo two-spirit couple poses for a … Geo Neptune explores the history of the term "Two-Spirit" and who it pertains to. The two-time Emmy-nominated series “Gaycation,” which premiered on Viceland, has been on an unknown hiatus since late 2016.The show is hosted by Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page and filmmaker/writer Ian Daniel, who have the incredible opportunity to showcase the adversity and love the LGBTQ+ community experience … Actor Ellen Page joined dozens of people in Batoche at the Two Spirit Gathering, an event featured on her Viceland show Gaycation. Earleen Webster Gregg Dancer at Winnipeg’s first Two-Spirit Powwow at Pride 2017. From Juno and X-Men to now starring in Viceland's Gaycation, Ellen Page brought a film crew to Batoche, Sask., last summer for four-day international two-spirit gathering. In this special presentation of Gaycation, Ellen Page and Ian Daniel go beyond the headlines and take a look into what the Trump administraton could mean for the LGBTQ community. [5] Notably, Page's attempt to interview Ted Cruz at the Iowa State Fair was recorded by bystanders and went viral;[6][7] the exchange would appear in the United States episode of the series. For Gaycation’s opening titles, the challenge for VICELAND’s design team was to introduce the show’s overarching concept – a gay travel show with a desire to both explore and educate – and to evoke the spirit of the people and cultures featured in each episode. Vice brought this spirit to its latest cable television endeavor. She is a compassionate seeker on a quest to understand and appreciate the big gay world around her. The first episode of Ellen Page’s new Viceland series “Gaycation,” airing March 2, explores LGBT issues in Japan. 627 notes. Ellen and Ian take a road trip from Iowa to NYC. Page travels with her gay best friend, Ian Daniel, whom she met studying permaculture design in an eco-village in Oregon. • A Two Spirit person is a male-bodied or female-bodied person with a masculine or feminine essence. They start with a brief detour to, In the second-season premiere, Elliot and Ian travel to Ukraine two years after the. The series premiered on 2 March 2016 on Viceland as part of its new programming launch. 2015 marked the 28th annual International Two-Spirit Gathering and it all started with a phone call from Vice TV. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. The series explores LGBTQ cultures around the world, as Page and Daniel meet different people during their travels and hear their stories. A sacred and historical identity, two-spirit can include but is by no means limited to LGBTQ identities. Beaucage describes two-spirit as "queer and indigenous" but says it has a whole range of meanings in different societies. [1] The series was originally conceived when Spike Jonze, as the co-president of Viceland, approached Elliot Page[a] and requested input on possible show ideas for the new channel; they suggested a travel show with an LGBT perspective. Filming for season 2 began in March 2016. When a non-Native person says they’re two-spirit: Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits . Co-president of the channel, award winning director, producer, ... the show’s hosts meet with indigenous people who identify as two-spirit. “Gaycation” premieres at 10 p.m. on Viceland Wednesday, March 2. Elliot and Ian travel to Jamaica, a country notorious for its homophobia, and explore how the area's gay community is perceived. Groundbreaking documentary series makes for excellent television. Follow. [2] After Jonze recommended that Page be accompanied by a companion during the series, Page suggested Ian Daniel, a personal friend who had experience as an art curator and worked as the director of artistic programs at The Civilians Theater Company, to be brought on as a co-host. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/culturalanthropology/chapter/two-spirit Two-spirit individuals were experts in traditional arts - such as pottery making, basket weaving, and the manufacture and decoration of items made from leather. Gaycation (also known as Gaycation with Ellen Page) is a 2016 American television documentary series hosted by Elliot Page and Ian Daniel. Welcome to the October Food and Spirits Issue of Gaycation Magazine! Featuring transgender, In the second-season finale, Ian embarks on a road trip through the, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 22:04. [9] The second season began airing on September 7, 2016. Next year's gathering will be held in Texas. Beaucage spoke to CBC about meeting the Canadian film star. "We have made films about the gatherings on YouTube and we really had a long debate whether we should allow Vice or anyone to come," Beaucage said, adding the decision to open the event up to Vice was an effort to stay relevant with younger generations. The pair goes on a fabulous bar crawl in the gay district of Tokyo, meet women who […] #two spirit #decolonize queerness #gaycation #trans awareness week #BAAITS #powwow #Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) #lgbtq rights #lgbtqia. Page and her best friend and Gaycation travel companion Ian Daniel are at New York City’s pride parade, days after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of marriage equality. Magazine. • Since Europeans arrived in the Americas, they’ve documented encounters with Two Spirit people. Introduced as part of the programming launch for the new channel, the Gaycation series was born out of an idea from actor Elliot Page (Juno, Inception). It will chronicle a brutally honest, revealing and personal journey across the country from Los Angeles, to the front-lines and Two Spirit Nation at Oceti Sakowin, to Gaycation in DC , to my adoption by a Lakota family, Divest LA and beyond. [8] A special episode aired on August 24, 2016, focusing on the aftermath of the mass shooting that occurred at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Viceland's Gaycation is a documentary series following Page and her friend Ian Daniel as they set off on a personal journey exploring LGBTQ culture around the world. Please Read Entire description before joining. Ellen and Ian visited a first nation village, which lived a community of indigenous North Americans who went by the label of “Two Spirits”. What does Two Spirit mean? On their LGBT travel show Gaycation, Page and Ian Daniel confront global homophobia, a gay-targeting hitman, and Ted Cruz—and lived to tell The Daily Beast about it all. "I said if we're not there then our young people won't see that we're here and that we have things to offer with the ceremony, so it was important to be part of the picture. LGBT in Chicago. Two-Spirit Community “Two-spirit” refers to a person who identifies as having both a masculine and a feminine spirit, and is used by some Indigenous people to describe their sexual, gender and/or spiritual identity. Gaycation isn’t simply a travelogue where two friends jet around the world, but an intense look at the global LGBT community. No, not a part of the United States- however way back when, it was all just one big land that faced the same issues. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. In Batoche last August, Page met Marjorie Beaucage who chaperoned Page through a pipe ceremony and a powwow. Elliot and Ian travel to India, where guides from the local LGBTQ community help them explore how the country can evolve while maintaining its long-held traditions. Two-spirit is a third gender found in some Native American cultures, often involving birth-assigned men or women taking on the identities and roles of the opposite sex. The episode started in Saskatchewan, Canada. In the battle between religious liberty and the fight for queer rights, see the highs and lows of the LGBTQ movement. Two Spirits has 1,754 members. Filming for the first season began June 2015, in New York City. Two Spirit coordinator Marjorie … "We've lived the homophobia here too and that's why we have these gatherings — to give strength and to educate people, letting people know we are still here," Beaucage said. Read Gaycation Magazine’s Food and Spirit Issue. ‘I knew that I was gay,’ he says. crowwarrior77-blog. ", CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Does it mean two genders? ... highlighting the violence faced by trans women and the outsider status of LGBT Native Americans at a two-spirit gathering in Saskatchewan. Featuring, Elliot and Ian go on a road trip from Iowa to New York City, during which they explore both the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ movement in the United States. The series premiered on 2 March 2016 on Viceland as part of its new programming launch. Can anyone use it to describe themselves? Last summer Page brought her film crew to Batoche for a two-spirit gathering. The series premiered on 2 March 2016 on Viceland as part of its new programming launch. Two Spirits can cross social gender roles, gender expression, and sexual orientation. During their travels and hear their stories September 7, 2016. [ 4.! 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