Actor and author, Phoenix Wilson has been in movies like “Indian Horse”, “Wild Indian”, “The Roof”, “2 Lovers and a Bear”, “Pet Cemetery 1969” and on television shows like, “Letterkenny”, “Hardrock Medical”, Longmire” and “My Home, My life”.
Wilson has grown up in Sudbury and is in grade 12 at St. Charles College.
Wilson is a trained dancer and has been in ballet classes since he was three. He is also a grass dancer, starting to pow wow dance when he was 6 and loved grass dancing but also girl's fancy dance (shawl dance) and jingle.
"Phoenix is a proud, 2 spirited person who co-wrote a book with his mother entitled “Phoenix Gets Greater” which is a child’s book about Phoenix coming out as an Anishinaabe gay youth to his family," says a news release.
He will be donating a signed copy to the North Bay Library during the flag raising at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, with an additional copy for the shelf for people to take out.
" I am honoured and excited that I can be a part of North Bay Pride. As a 2 Spirited person and part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, I know it can be hard to be accepted and find your place in this world, North Bay Pride is making that place safe for all of us, not only for the queer community but for all communities. I am looking so forward to September 14 to the 18!," Phoenix Wilson stated.
“We know that many 2 spirited persons are often underrepresented within prides across Canada. North Bay Pride could not ask for a better representation of 2 spirited youth in Canada," said Jason Maclennan, Communications Director for North Bay Pride.
