berdache

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bəˈdaʃ/

Noun

dated offensive

(anthropology, dated, now offensive) 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.

Japanese Meaning

ネイティブ・アメリカンの伝統的な性別区分にとらわれない性自認を示す人物（現代では差別的表現とされる） / 生物学的性別に限定されない、複数の性別アイデンティティを持つ人（トランスジェンダーに近い意味合い）

What is this buttons?

Early anthropologists sometimes used the term berdasche to describe Native American individuals who identified with gender roles not strictly tied to their biological sex, but the word is now considered dated and offensive.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

初期の人類学者たちは、出生時の生物学的な性に厳密に結びつかないジェンダー役割を自認するネイティブ・アメリカンの人々を指す（現在は時代遅れで差別的とされる）用語を用いることがありました。

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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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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berdache

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