Geo Soctomah Neptune—an Indigenous (Passamaquoddy) basket weaver, drag artist, and model based in Indian Township, Maine, owns more than 75 one-of-a-kind pairs, each one telling a story and made by a different Indigenous artist.
, drag artist, and model based in Indian Township, Maine—has been collecting earrings since childhood. You can certainly tell when taking a tour through their vibrant earring wall . Neptune owns more than 75 one-of-a-kind pairs, each one telling a story and made by a different Indigenous artist. Much more than mere accessories, they’ve served as a tool to help shape Neptune’s nonbinary, Two-Spirit identity.
Neptune started to discover themselves when they first started doing drag as their alter ego, Lyzz Bien, as an 18-year-old. At the time, Neptune went by “George” and didn’t identify as—an Indigenous term for those possessing both male and female spirits, living freely between the two. Still, they started to collect Indigenous-made earrings specifically for drag performances. “I felt like drag was the only time I had permission to wear big Native earrings,” says Neptune.
Their first pair of earrings, a beaded and quillwork set, was a gift from a friend. They then began amassing copper and wampum styles, a signature of their Passamaquoddy tribe. Through dressing up for drag, however, Neptune began realizing that there wasn’t much of a difference between their off- and on-stage personas: George and Lyzz.
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