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>Third gender is the term used in India for transgender. Aaaah. That makes sense. The reason that was unusual to me was because, in the West, currently, the p
by shrimp_emoji 5y ago
>Third gender is the term used in India for transgender.
Aaaah. That makes sense.
The reason that was unusual to me was because, in the West, currently, the prevailing view/jargon is that there's genders, and each gender can be "cis" or "trans". More controversially, there are also non-binary people, who may report no gender, a mix of genders, or a gender other than "man"/"woman". That would be your usage of "third gender".
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoRight. For many non-western people, ‘cisgender’ is a made up western term. There has always been non binary and transgender in different cultures around the world. In my culture, there are two genders(not ‘cis’..what does it even mean?) and then there is the third gender. In Hindu puranas, there are many gods we worship who are of two genders, transgender and then there is the father of Ganga(the holiest River of Hinduism) who was born to two women. Here is ..provided with much reservations…a generic search result link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_Hindu_mythology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_Hindu_mytholo... ..I reject all western interpretations and ‘scholarly work’ and have a dim view of western style psychoanalysis of my gods and culture. But it works..as a list.