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Kathoey or katoey ( Khmer: ខ្ទើយ; khtəəy, Lao: ກະເທີຍ; ka thœ̄i, Thai: กะเทย; RTGS : kathoei; Thai pronunciation: [kàtʰɤːj]) is an identity used by some people in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, whose identities in English may be best described as transgender women in some cases, or effeminate gay men in ...
Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns. A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener. [1] Some languages with gender-specific pronouns have them as part of a grammatical gender system, a system of agreement where most or all nouns have a value for this grammatical ...
Faʻafafine (translated: " in the manner of a woman ") are natal males who align with a third gender or gender role in Samoa. [1] Fa'afafine are not assigned the role at birth, nor raised as girls due of a lack of daughters, as is often claimed in western media. Rather, their femininity emerges in early childhood, and Samoans recognize them as ...
The Gai Jatra Third Gender March ( Nepali: गाई जात्रा तेस्रोलिङ्गी र्याली, romanized: Gā'ī Jātrā Tēsrōliṅgī Ryālī) is an LGBT March on the Newar festival Gai Jatra (Saa Paaru). The Blue Diamond Society organizes the march, which celebrates different forms of Pride.
The third gendered in Sri Lanka are not as openly discussed as in other parts of South Asia. Though a strong tradition of transgender people exists in Sri Lanka, and even though these people have been allowed to convert for a long period of time, third gendered people have mostly avoided mainstream discussion on the island.
In the Philippines, a baklâ ( literal: Gay, transgender, Poy) ( Tagalog and Cebuano) ( pronounced [bɐkˈlaʔ] ), bayot (Cebuano) or agî ( Hiligaynon) is a person who was assigned male at birth and has adopted a gender expression that is feminine. [1] They are often considered a third gender. [2] Many bakla are exclusively attracted to men [3 ...
In Thailand, one can find several different gender roles, identities and diverse visual markers of masculinity and femininity. Beyond the traditional male and female roles, there are categories for individuals who are gender non-conforming, whether in looks or behavior. These are generally regarded as sub-types of each sex, rather than a distinct gender identity, and correlate strongly with ...
