About me

Shí éí Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth yinishyé. Kinyaa’áanii nishłį́. Nááts’ózí bashishchiin. ‘Áshįįhí dashicheii. Nááts’ózí dashinalí. I am of the Towering House Clan, born for Laos. My maternal grandfather is of the Salt People Clan, and my paternal grandfather is also from Laos.

I am Diné (Navajo Nation) and second-generation Laotian—Queer, Trans, Two-Spirit, and Nadleeh. I use they/them or she/her pronouns. I come from a lineage of resilience and survival: my family has lived through the Navajo Long Walk, Native boarding schools, federal relocation, the Indian Placement Program, and urbanization. Chinle, Arizona is home, though I was born and raised in Phoenix.

My work bridges Indigenous knowledge, Queer and Trans liberation, and cultural storytelling. I hold two PhDs—one in Indigenous Studies from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and another in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon —and I’ve had the privilege to speak across universities, nonprofits, community spaces, and media platforms. In 2022, I was featured as the Two-Spirit Queer Historian on The Book of Queer documentary series on Discovery+.

Through Keovorabouth, LLC, I offer speaking engagements, consulting, research-based workshops, and cultural insight for institutions, community organizers, and creative projects. My speaking topics range from Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit identities to Indigenous urbanization, masculinity, multiracial experience, intergenerational healing, POC inclusion, mental health, Indigenous and Queer/Trans futurisms, and more.

I’m committed to creating space for visibility, truth-telling, and transformation. Thank you for being here — let’s talk!

Ahéhee’ (Thank you)