> I figured all places in the world shunned that type of behavior as a community, but these people had no outside influence on their behavior Maybe I'm misunde

> I figured all places in the world shunned that type of behavior as a community, but these people had no outside influence on their behavior Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying here, but there are countless societies through the ages and today with the concept of a third gender, or where gender isn't intrinsically linked to sex.