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# Artists and Performers Celebrate Indigenous Pride
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/indigenous-pride-la-autry-museum/
- Published: 2019-10-09T11:02:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:07:53.000Z
- Description: The Autry Museum will celebrate members of the Indigenous LGBTQPAI community with the second annual Indigenous Pride LA.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, California, Events, Los Angeles, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

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Toyaacan (all photos courtesy of the artists and IPLA)

“Two-Spirit” is a pan-Indigenous term that refers to gender-fluid individuals who have played a traditional role in Native American communities across the continent. They are often considered “third gender” or “fourth gender,” denoting a multiplicity of gender expressions beyond a simple binary. These include the *muxe* of Zapotec culture in Mexico, the *nádleehi* of the Diné (Navajo), and the *wíŋkte* of the Lakota*.*

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/10/elrio.jpg)

El Rio

This Sunday, the Autry Museum in Griffith Park will celebrate two-spirit, third and fourth gender, indigiqueer, and other members of the Indigenous LGBTQPAI community with the second annual [Indigenous Pride LA](https://theautry.org/events/music-and-festivals/indigenous-pride-la??ref=hyperallergic.com). The event will feature live performances on the Autry Lawn alongside food, crafts, and jewelry. Featured performers include [El Rio](https://elriolosangeles.bandcamp.com/releases?ref=hyperallergic.com), who describe their sound as “Latin American revolutionary love music”; hip-hop from [4th Dimensional Hitchhiker](https://soundcloud.com/4d%5Fhitchhiker?ref=hyperallergic.com); and the Aztec Dance troupe Toyaacan from La Puente, who will be joined by local LGBT dancers. Veteran pioneers of Chicano–Native rap, Aztlan Underground, will also be there, blending hip-hop, jazz, and punk, as well as celebrated Drag performer [Jean Decay](https://www.instagram.com/jeandecay/?hl=en&ref=hyperallergic.com), who incorporates Nahuatl imagery into their queer Latinx vision. A free shuttle will take visitors from City Hall to the Autry throughout the day.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/10/decay.jpg)

Jean Decay (via facebook)

**When:** Sunday, October 13, 11am–6pm  
**Where:** The Autry Museum in Griffith Park (4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, Los Angeles)

*More info at* [*Autry Museum*](https://theautry.org/events/music-and-festivals/indigenous-pride-la??ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*