The status of berdache among North American Indians was filled by persons, usually male,
who remained members of their biological gender but assumed important social …

The term'berdache'is a little-known, rarely discussed reference to Native American
individuals who embodied both genders-what some might classify as' the third …

The “Bibliography of Berdache and Alternative Gender Roles Among North American
Indians” was originally developed under the auspices of the History Project of the Gay …

Ideological concepts of gender and sexuality arise from cultural constructions and vary from
culture to culture. The female cross-gender role in certain Native American tribes constituted …

Winner of the: Gay Book of the Year Award, American Library Association; Ruth Benedict
Award, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists; Award for Outstanding Scholarship …

INTRODUCTION When we gathered people together for two invitational conferences on
“Revisiting the 'North American Berdache'Empirically and Theoretically,” our aim was to …

At first glance—and independently of gender role behavioral components—men's or
women's clothing appears to signal the gender to which the wearer feels he or she belongs …

Male and female homosexual relationship seems to have been common among the Azande
in past times. Between males it was approved of in the bachelor military companies …

" Definitive and well-rounded.... Explores how anthropologists manage issues of identity and
sexuality in field research and professional life. In an era when the field worker's positionality …

paper was prepared for a lecture series entitled" Study-ing Women: The Impact on the Social
Sciences and Humanities." I might have followed the general theme of the series by calling …