TWO SPIRITS is an award-winning documentary that has already reached 6.7 million people worldwide through broadcast television, film festivals, university curricula, and community screenings. It tells the story of Fred Martinez, a sixteen-year-old nádleehí (a Navajo person of integrated gender) who became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern American history, and the largely unknown tradition of Two-Spirit people in Native American cultures.

TWO SPIRITS interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female, and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.

Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. But the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live, and Fred became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at age sixteen. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lives the truth—the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself.

This 60-minute documentary is now free. Our only ask: share it with two people when you're done. You'll know exactly who needs to see it — and in sharing it, you honor Fred's story and the living legacy of Two-Spirit people.