I say this with the greatest of care, as I believe that this particular aspect of the bill, and the education and awareness that needs to take place within indigenous communities, need to be done by indigenous communities for indigenous communities.
I believe that's where the 2 Spirits in Motion Society, as well as many of our other colleagues across Canada, will be able to have these discussions with our own community members.
When it comes to the events that have taken place, and the things we have observed, and the stories we have heard, unfortunately, some of our cultural leaders are still reeling from the effects of colonization where the aspects of cisnormativity and heteronormativity are certainly still steeped within that trauma that everyone is still reeling from, more specifically within residential schools where that was then instilled in our young indigenous children who now are adults.
It comes in the form of cultural ceremonies. Even for myself, and I will speak very freely about this, I did have a cultural leader of mine who, unfortunately, for lack of a better word, tried to exorcise me in regard to who I am as a trans man and as a gay man to let me know that I was not supposed to exist.
I think that itself highlighted for me the true impact of colonization and these mentalities on indigenous communities. I think it's very important and vital that we take these intersectional viewpoints of this bill, and I circle back to the fact that it has to happen by community for community when moving forward.