Burrnesha
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Burrnesha (translated/transliterated as sworn virgin) is the traditional gender variant identity or third gender present within some Balkan cultures,[1] consisting of people who were assigned female at birth but take a vow of chastity and live the rest of their lives as men.[2]
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- ↑ Littlewood, Roland. “Three into Two: The Third Sex in Northern Albania.” Anthropology & Medicine, vol. 9, no. 1, Apr. 2002, pp. 37–50. EBSCOhost
- ↑ McLean, Tui (2022-12-09). "The last of Albania's 'sworn virgins'". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-25.