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Western Apache
Etymology
ndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ndéʼsdzan
- male-bodied two-spirit
References
- 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)