ndéʼsdzan
Western Apache
editEtymology
editndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editndéʼsdzan
- male-bodied two-spirit
References
edit- 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)