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It's quite common. When I first struggled with my gender indentity, I looked at the world's history. Our Western societies puts such shame on individuals not on
by Raphmedia 8y ago
It's quite common. When I first struggled with my gender indentity, I looked at the world's history. Our Western societies puts such shame on individuals not on the edges of the gender spectrum that it's easy to think you are outright crazy. I found many example of it thoughout history. I never made a complete list but here are some that comes to mind:
- Samoan fa'afafine,
- Native American Two-Spirits (umbralla term, each tribe has their own word),
- South Asian Hijras,
- Ethiopian Ashtime,
- Hawaiin Māhū,
- Philippines's multiple gender identities (baklâ, bayot,etc.),
Etc.