James Makokis & Anthony Johnson
“Team Ahkameyimok” on the Amazing Race Canada
The Amazing Two Spirit Couple is on a mission to raise awareness to create equal access for LGBTQ2S+ & Indigenous populations.
Their ability to blend their personal experiences with high-level expertise creates new foundations of understanding for the acceptance of individuals while empowering individuals to give them tools and strategies for how they can be a part of the solution through allyship and unity. In 2019, Dr Makokis competed alongside his husband Anthony Johnson as « Team Ahkameyimok » on the Amazing Race Canada and won, becoming the first two-spirit, Indigenous, married couple in the world to do so.
Their ability to blend their personal experiences with high-level expertise creates new foundations of understanding for the acceptance of individuals while empowering individuals to give them tools and strategies for how they can be a part of the solution through allyship and unity. In 2019, Dr Makokis competed alongside his husband Anthony Johnson as « Team Ahkameyimok » on the Amazing Race Canada and won, becoming the first two-spirit, Indigenous, married couple in the world to do so.