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Grand Marshal Steven-Bear Twoteeth at the 2019 Big Sky Pride parade in Helena, Montana. There were over 6,000 people at the parade the largest turnout in Big Sky Pride’s history. “My community has always had my back,” Twoteeth said.
Courtesy of Steven-Bear Twoteeth
Two years ago, on a January evening, Steven-Bear Twoteeth sat on the floor of a friend’s one-bedroom apartment in Helena, Montana’s state capital. Surrounded by fellow advocates, he prepared for the state’s upcoming legislative session. “We were like, ‘How do you pass a bill?’ Or, ‘What does HB” house bill “mean?’ ” he remembers. When he arrived at the Capitol, he testified before a committee, speaking on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women while wondering how vulnerable and personal his words should be.