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Gender variant deities in other African and African diaspora religions: | Gender variant deities in other African and African diaspora religions: | ||
* '''Ataa Naa Nyomo''' or '''Ataa-Naa-Nyomo''' is the deity worshipped by the Ga people of Ghana and is considered both female and male.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Masculine Women, Feminist Men: Assertions and Contradictions in Mawugbe's In the Chest of a Woman |journal=Theatre History Studies |date=2010 |volume=30 |author=Awo Mana Asiedu |doi=10.1353/ths.2010.0030}}</ref> | * '''Ataa Naa Nyomo''' or '''Ataa-Naa-Nyomo''' is the deity worshipped by the Ga people of Ghana and is considered both female and male.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Masculine Women, Feminist Men: Assertions and Contradictions in Mawugbe's In the Chest of a Woman |journal=Theatre History Studies |date=2010 |volume=30 |author=Awo Mana Asiedu |doi=10.1353/ths.2010.0030}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Africa in Contemporary Perspective : A Textbook for Undergraduate Students |page=156 |date=2013}}</ref> | ||
* '''Baron Samedi''', a dandy who sometimes wears a combination of masculine and feminine clothing at the same time{{citation needed}} | * '''Baron Samedi''', a dandy who sometimes wears a combination of masculine and feminine clothing at the same time{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''Ghede Nibo''', feminine gay man or dandy{{citation needed}} | * '''Ghede Nibo''', feminine gay man or dandy{{citation needed}} | ||