hwame

Mojave

Noun

hwame

  1. a female-bodied person who lives as a man

See also

References

  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)
  • Leila J. Rupp, Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women →ISBN, 2009)
  • Andrew P. Lyons, ‎Harriet Lyons, Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality →ISBN, 2004)
  • Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations (1999, →ISBN, page 24: In addition to occupation, female gender variants might assume other characteristics of men. [...] Mohave hwame were tattooed like men instead of women.
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