Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender, and the Murder of Fred Martinez
Some documentary sources suggest that a minority of societies treated two-spirit persons disrespectfully, by kidding them or discouraging children from taking on a two-spirit role.
The fact that gender is organised in divergent ways in different spiritual traditions further validates how religious community members negotiate and renegotiate what gender is and how it should be linked to belief.
Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender, and the Murder of Fred Martinez
In many cultures around the world, people are allowed to live their lives beyond conventional binaries; they need not adhere to the biological sex they were born into.