About this Event
2SIQ: Still Here Fest!
When colonizers stepped foot on Turtle Island they targeted Two-Spirit Indigenous people for elimination. Spreading like a disease, colonial forces have imposed gender regimes on First Nations and Indigenous people all over the world.
Since time immemorial, Two-Spirit and Indigequeer people are still here and continue to survive and thrive against all odds, providing leadership and medicine for our communities as they always have.
Two-Spirit & Indigequeer is more than just a reclaimed identity for indigenous people. It is a committed role to the Land, to the Next Generation, to our Ancestors. We share our experiences through storytelling unique to one's self, bridging connections throughout the continent.
Still Here is a celebration of Two-Spirit Indigequeer living artist expressions, a miraculous existence and survival for over 500 years.
Featuring all Two Spirit Indigequeer artists, an interactive fashion showcase, an Indigenous arts market, music and performances by:
Bobby Sanchez is a rapper, poet, and multidisciplinary artist rooted in Indigenous and queer identity. Raised on Lenape and Siwanoy land, with family from Ayacucho, Peru, her work channels this heritage into music that grapples with Indigenous survival, gender politics, environmental violence, and liberation. Bobby identifies as trans and Two-Spirit, and her art – whether rap, poetry, or performance – reflects lived experience.
Diogañhdih (Mohawk of Akwesasne) is a Haudenosaunee community member, two-spirit multi-disciplinary artist and land worker based in their traditional homelands in so-called upstate New York. They weave hip hop lyricism and oration, beat production and sound engineering, sound and seed art installations, ancestral food cultivation and seedkeeping, mutual aid and community organizing together. Their primary focus is claiming space for indigenous folks to re-indigenize and find movement and joy in the interconnected liberation of our bodies, spirit and land. Dioganhdih is currently building a decentralized rematriation, food sovereignty, mutual aid and art land project in upstate NY called Iron Path Farms.
Palomx is a culture Bearer, fluid femme of Oaxacan - Zapotec (Mixteco) descent, born and raised on Tongva territory, now known as Los Angeles. Encouraging mantras will have you speaking sacred prayers / words in languages not heard and/or spoken in 500+ years (languages: *Mixtec/ *Nahuatl/ Spanish// English).
Monte Marin aka STEFA* is a genderless/genreless vocalist, composer and multi-media performance artist born and raised in Queens, NY. Using an amalgamation of punk, experimental rage pop, and classical minimalism with queer maximalist aesthetics, Monte builds sonic and visual worlds that offer a decolonial respite for the misfits, the displaced, and future generations of radical artists of the diaspora. His ritual opera performance film Born With An Extra Rib won the 2022 Queer|Art Recent Work Prize, a 2023 TRANSlations Seattle Film Festival Jury Award and 2025 Best Experimental Short at QueerCine International Film Festival. Their debut EP Sepalina (“gorgeous and hypnotic” - NPR) was released on Figure & Ground Records followed by his full length album Born With An Extra Rib in 2024 with a limited vinyl release with Trans Music Archive in 2025. They are a current MFA Art Practice candidate at Stanford University.
Hot Crush is a Indiqueer Punk RockDuo based out of Huchiun/ Oakland.
PissE Sissy is a proud māhū, drag hottie & indige-slut who currently performs and resides inHuchiun (so called Oakland). His work is slimy, sexy, and perversely political, often involving sacred sexuality, gender expansive divinity, & navigating cultural identity as a queer Kānaka Maoli.
Dj Brown Angel Bay Area-based queer/trans Chicanx DJ and producer Brown Angel blends their Southern California roots and lifelong drumming background into a signature sound that spans from soulful oldies to percussion heavy electronic tracks. A respected powerhouse in the Bay Area underground, they’ve toured nationwide and shared stages with the industry's most prolific artists. Their debut EP, PURE BROWN ENERGY, is out now on Dark Entries Records and all streaming platforms.
Your Host: Vick Montaño is a Po-scholar, interdisciplinary artist focussing on Indigenous Solidarity across seas and false man made borders, Queer liberation, the Land Back Movement, and reawakening/reclamation of Ancestral Knowledge. They were born and raised in the Village of Huchiun (East Oakland, Ca.) Vick carries lineages from the Yo’eme and Mexikah Nahua peoples.
Community Offerings and Arts Market by:
Corrina Gould
Chair and Spokesperson for the Confederate Villages of Lisjan Nation & Co-Founder of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan Ohlone People
Sal “Chamuco” Cortez,
Live Stick & Poke Tattoo Medicine and Prints
A.Leddy- Live Block Printing Station
(CHamoru, they/them) is a visual and written artist born and raised in Yelamu: also known as Frisco; San Francisco California. Their work is reflective of their personal experiences as a queer/trans Indigenous person rooted in a rapidly gentrifying city. They love subversive histories, honoring legacies of insurrection, and anti-colonial joy. Their art is rooted in their connections to their ancestors and to the land & city that raised them, and in the belief that everyone has it in them to be an artist. They also don't take themselves as seriously as this bio makes it sound.
Maaso Medicina by Batul True Heart (They/Them)
Flower Medicine for Ancestral, Generational, & Personal Pain
Featured Designers:
Blessed by Creator by Kiki King
Blessed by Creator is a clothing line by Cree/Mohawk and Two-Spirit designer Kiki King. Her work reflects themes around empowerment through spirituality, Indigeneity, matriarchy, queerness, and ancestral knowledge. Her vision is deeply rooted in decolonial frameworks, allowing the viewer to briefly pierce the veil to see the beauty in Indigenous wisdom. With her signature sense of queer campy playfulness, Kiki’s work seeks to awaken the childlike sense of awe and delight that still exists within us all. She invites her audience to feel deeply, to love, to grieve, and to play all at once.
Blessed by Creator is a reminder that our existence as Indigenous people is anointed with Creator's will. It is a suit of armor forged by the love of our ancestors, protecting us in this mission of Sacred Vengeance as we return Life to our Mother.
The Medicine Walking Collection by Cerise Palmanteer
The Medicine Walking Collection reclaims the indigenous practice of honoring ourselves and the materials we dress in as regalia. Defying fast fashions’ disposability by recycling, reusing, reimagining and Re-Indigenizing previously loved items.
Agua de Nopal by Nukte' (they/them)
Mixed Two Spirit from the Lenca diaspora.
print maker, harm reductionist, traditional tattooer, pine needle weaver, grief tender & forever student of the Land.
La Neta Collection by Hecho de Maíz
This collection is an homage to my roots as a collage artist and a reminder that we have all we need already inside of us. Each piece is made from thrifted and upcycled base clothing and printed with collected images and original drawings according to the vision and ancestry of each model.
Food Pop-Up by UNDESTORY
Understory is a worker-owned and community-built restaurant and community hub grounded in collective action where love for the people is at the heart of everything we do. We exist to reimagine what the restaurant industry can be by challenging its norms and forging a path anchored in solidarity, interconnection, and community care. Our menu showcases dishes that represent our diverse worker collective. Flavors are influenced by our backgrounds.
Other Vendors Include:
Trickster Craft
Jon Kunkel
GHEAVEN
Punk Witch Diviner
Bazibeadedit
Blessed by Creator
We Barter 2
Agua de Nopal
Hecho De Maiz
And more!
Access Information:
- This event is taking place on the first floor of OAKSTOP, an ADA accessible spot
- There are two ADA accessible restrooms that will be open for all genders during our event
- Masks are strongly encouraged and are provided at the front door. Guests are asked to stay home if they are not feeling well.
- This event will not have captioning or sign language translation.
- There is a second floor that will be open only to staff
- Please contact [email protected] for any questions
Special Thanks to our community Partner:
BAAITS (Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits)
BAAITS is a community-based nonprofit organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies Two-Spirit People as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender.
Sogorea Te’ wants to increase accessibility for our community as a whole.
We strongly encourage masks & will be provided upon arrival.
If you are feeling ill please stay home and rest. (We are currently working on live-streaming this event.)
Event venue & nearby stays
Oakstop, 2323 Broadway, Oakland, United States
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