Women and Men, Not-Men and Not-Women, Lesbians and Gays

Lester B. Brown

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American Indian tribal groups have a variety of customs unfamiliar to us. One particular occurrence is alternative gender styles for females and males. Gender has always been viewed as a spiritual calling and not determined by a person's anatomy. Some American Indians are spiritually directed to live as Not-Men and Not-Women. These individuals lead lives unlike other women and men. Androgyny is an inadequate way to describe this occurrence. Explored in this article are the following issues: Who are these Not-Men and Not-Women? How were they viewed by the colonists? How are these alternative gender styles related to today's lesbian or gay American Indians?

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2000Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions 1984Sexuality and Gender in Certain Native American Tribes: The Case of Cross-Gender Females 1984Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds 1983The North American Berdache [and Comments and Reply]1988Living the Spirit, A Gay American Indian Anthology 1991The Zuni Man-Woman 1970Yuman Tribes of the Gila River 1987Bibliography of Berdache and Alternative Gender Roles Among North American Indians

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