Translations:Gender-variant identities worldwide/140/en

Name of identity: Kodjo-besia ("Kodjo" is a common Ghanaian name, and Kodjo-besia means "Kodjo is a woman [inside]" in the Twi language.)^[1]
Culture: Ghana
Era:
Description of sex/gender: Kodjo-besia is used for a range of AMAB individuals who deviate from normative masculinity. They may be gay, transfeminine, or simply effeminate.^[1]
Role in society: Often engaging in traditionally female occupations, Kodjo-besia are "perceived as deviant, but they are tolerated on the basis that they cannot be changed".^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Geoffrion, Karine (2013). ""I Wish our Gender Could Be Dual"". Cahiers d'études africaines. 53 (209–210): 417–443. doi:10.4000/etudesafricaines.17373. ISSN 0008-0055.