ndéʼsdzan

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Western Apache[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ndéʼsdzan

  1. male-bodied two-spirit

References[edit]

  • David F. Greenberg, The Construction of Homosexuality: "The Apache treated berdaches respectfully when they were present, but ridiculd them behind their backs." (citing Smet 1905)
  • Jim Elledge (editor), Masquerade: Queer Poetry in America to the End of World War II (→ISBN)
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