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Berdache vs Gay - What's the difference?

berdache | gay |

As nouns the difference between berdache and gay

is that berdache is (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 while gay is nape.

As a verb gay is

to crow.

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

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    gay

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    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
    "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -

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