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  • Name of identity: Sarombavy or Sarimbavy[1]
  • Culture: Tanala people of Madagascar[2]
  • Era:
  • Description of sex/gender: "males who adopted the behavior and roles of women"[3]
  • Role in society:
  1. Palmer, Seth (August 2014). "Asexual Inverts and Sexual Perverts: Locating the Sarimbavy of Madagascar within Fin-de-Siècle Sexological Theories". Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (3): 368–386. doi:10.1215/23289252-2685642.
  2. Russo, Joseph. "Chapter 3: Global Sexualities: LGBTQ Anthropology Past, Present, and Future". LGBTQ+ Studies: An Open Textbook.
  3. Russo, Joseph. "Glossary for Chapter 3: Global Sexualities: LGBTQ Anthropology Past, Present, and Future". LGBTQ+ Studies: An Open Textbook.