ndéʼsdzan
Western Apache edit
Etymology edit
ndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ndéʼsdzan
- 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)