06/08/2026
Join us Sunday!
Please join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Two Spirits.” This film highlights the powerful story of cultural identity, acceptance, and the intersection of gender and tradition within Native American/Indigenous communities. We will be marking 25 years since the hate motivated murder of Two Spirit youth FC (Fred) Martinez in Cortez, CO on June 2001.
The special screening and Q & A panel will be held on Sunday, June 14th from 1-3 pm, (doors open at 12:30 pm) at the Roxie Theater (3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103). Panelists include Lydia Nibley, Film Director, L Frank (Tongva, Ajachmem, and Rarámuri), featured in the film and J. Miko Thomas (Chickasaw), BAAITS Board Co-chair.
Part of the ticket sales will benefit BAAITS.
For more info and to purchase tickets see here:
https://roxie.com/film/two-spirits-baaits-benefit/
More about the film “Two Spirits:”
https://twospirits.org/ the website has IMPACT information, statistics and additional information – the date the number of people who have seen the film is over 7 million worldwide.
link to the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9cgdwOhUtc
BAAITS MISSION
Initiated with prayer in 1999, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits, Inc. (BAAITS), exists to restore and recover the roles of Two-Spirit people within American Indian / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas / First Nations communities by creating a forum for advocacy, wellness, and the spiritual, cultural, and artistic expression of Two-Spirits and Indigequeers.