Gender-variant identities worldwide: Difference between revisions
→Africa: Slightly expanded the entry about ancient Egyptian gender variance, with a picture of the hieroglyphs for the word sekhet.
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* | [[File:Sekhet hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|The word "sekhet" in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.<ref name="Sekhet">"The Third Gender in Ancient Egypt." http://www.gendertree.com/Egyptian%20third%20gender.htm</ref>]] | ||
* Writings from ancient Egypt (Middle Kingdom, 2000-1800 BCE) said there were three genders of humans: males, ''sekhet (s<u>h</u>t)'', and females, in that order. Sekhet is usually translated as "eunuch," but that's probably an oversimplification of what this gender category means. Since it was given that level of importance, it could potentially be an entire category of gender/sex variance that doesn't fit into male or female. The hieroglyphs for ''sekhet'' include a sitting figure that usually mean a man, but the word doesn't include hieroglyphs that refer to genitals in any way. At the very least, ''sekhet'' is likely to mean cisgender gay men, in the sense of not having children, and not necessarily someone who was castrated. <ref name="Sekhet" /> | |||
* In Egypt, during the Mamluk Sultanate of the 1200s to 1700s, masculine children who were [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] could be raised as men. | * In Egypt, during the Mamluk Sultanate of the 1200s to 1700s, masculine children who were [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] could be raised as men. | ||
* In Benin, when it was the Kingdom of Dahomey, it had the Mino, warriors who were AFAB and considered masculine. | * In Benin, when it was the Kingdom of Dahomey, it had the Mino, warriors who were AFAB and considered masculine. | ||