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Berdache - What does it mean?

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berdache

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anthropology) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
  • * 2005 , Michael J Horswell, Decolonizing the Sodomite , University of Texas 2006, page 20:
  • Male berdache have been documented in nearly 150 North American societies, while female berdache (females who take on the lifeways of males) appear in half as many groups.

    Usage notes

    Considered offensive by many Native American communities because of its pejorative and non-American etymology, berdache'' began to fall out of use in the 1990s; ''two-spirit'' and various tribe-specific terms (''wergern , etc) are now used instead.

    Derived terms

    * berdachism

    See also

    * transgender * two-spirit * hermaphrodite

    Anagrams

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    Not English

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