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The term "third gender" has also been used to describe the hijras of South Asia [9] who have gained legal identity, fa'afafine of Polynesia, and Balkan sworn virgins. [10] A culture recognizing a third gender does not in itself mean that they were valued by that culture and often is the result of explicit devaluation of women in that culture. [11]
Murad (English: desire, but the film's English title was Eunuch's Motherhood), ... Third sex, third gender: beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history. Zone Books.
Multiple countries legally recognize non-binary or third gender classifications. These classifications are typically based on a person's gender identity.In some countries, such classifications may only be available to intersex people, born with sex characteristics that "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies."
The terms third gender and third sex describe individuals who are categorized (by their will or by social consensus) as neither male nor female, as well as the social category present in those societies who recognize three or more genders. The term "third" is usually understood to mean "other"; some anthropologists and sociologists have ...
The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman. They embrace a distinct 'third gender,' part of a burgeoning LGBTQ+ movement worldwide.
Faʻafafine (Samoan pronunciation: [faʔafafine]; lit. ' in the manner of a woman ') are natal males who align with a third gender or gender role in Samoa. [1] Fa'afafine are not assigned the role at birth, nor raised as girls due to a lack of daughters, as is often claimed in western media.
AFAB: AFAB is an acronym meaning Assigned Female at Birth (and AMAB refers to Assigned Male at Birth). These are medical terms to help us educate and talk about bodies, but remember, someone's sex ...
The cultures of the Indian subcontinent include a third gender, referred to as hijra in Hindi. In India, the Supreme Court on April 15, 2014, recognized a third gender that is neither male nor female, stating "Recognition of transgenders as a third gender is not a social or medical issue but a human rights issue."