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Every year, a festival called ''Vela de las intrépidas'' ("The Vigil of the Intrepid" in Spanish) is handled in Oaxaca, where thousands of muxes meet. Even some Catholic priests participate in it, which shows how well accepted muxes are.<ref name=":0" /> | Every year, a festival called ''Vela de las intrépidas'' ("The Vigil of the Intrepid" in Spanish) is handled in Oaxaca, where thousands of muxes meet. Even some Catholic priests participate in it, which shows how well accepted muxes are.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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[[File:SF Pride 2014 - Stierch 3.jpg|left|thumb|Two-spirited pride marchers at San Francisco Pride 2014.]] | |||
== Two-spirit == | |||
In Native North American societies, ''two-spirit'' or ''berdache'' is the name of a third gender. Two-spirit people can do activities typically associated with their gender assigned at birth, or they can do activities associated with the opposite one.<ref>Page 72 - http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/aboriginal-services-inventory.pdf</ref> Usually, assigned female at birth two-spirit people have sexual relations or marriages with females only.<ref>Lang, S.: ''Men as women, women as men: Changing gender in Native American cultures''. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998.</ref> | |||
''Two-spirit'' is just a general term in English, and most Indigenous communities have a word in their own languages to express this concept. That's why the definition of ''two-spirit'' can differ between communities.<ref>Pember, Mary Annette (Oct 13, 2016). [https://rewire.news/article/2016/10/13/two-spirit-tradition-far-ubiquitous-among-tribes/ "'Two Spirit' Tradition Far From Ubiquitous Among Tribes"]. Rewire. Retrieved Oct 17, 2016.</ref> | |||
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