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{{content warning|cases of religious teachings being used as justification to oppress, abuse, or kill gender variant people and other minorities. It also tells religious stories that contain sex, rape, self-harm, suicide, and violence. Nudity in art.}} | {{content warning|cases of religious teachings being used as justification to oppress, abuse, or kill gender variant people and other minorities. It also tells religious stories that contain sex, rape, self-harm, suicide, and violence. Nudity in art.}} | ||
[[Gender variance in spirituality]] is about the views that spiritual traditions have toward people who are gender variant | [[Gender variance in spirituality]] is about the views that spiritual traditions have toward people who are gender variant. It is also about gender variant figures within those spiritual traditions. Gender variance [[History of nonbinary gender|has always existed]]. Spirituality has often been part of how individuals and [[ethnicity and culture|cultures]] have expressed or regulated that variance. | ||
First, some definitions: "[[Gender variant]]" is shorthand for gender that doesn't conform to one's assigned gender in one's culture, and differs from that of the [[gender binary]]. Gender variance includes those who are [[transgender]], [[gender nonconformity|gender non-conforming]], and [[nonbinary]], reflecting that historical figures used different words for these. "Spirituality" is a category that includes organized religions, as well as paths that are not centrally organized or defined as religions, but are nonetheless spiritual. In religious and folklore studies, the word "mythology" means a religious story, such as one about deities and miracles. In this field of study, "mythology" doesn't mean that the story is untrue or less valid than others. | First, some definitions: "[[Gender variant]]" is shorthand for gender that doesn't conform to one's assigned gender in one's culture, and differs from that of the [[gender binary]]. Gender variance includes those who are [[transgender]], [[gender nonconformity|gender non-conforming]], and [[nonbinary]], reflecting that historical figures used different words for these. "Spirituality" is a category that includes organized religions, as well as paths that are not centrally organized or defined as religions, but are nonetheless spiritual. In religious and folklore studies, the word "mythology" means a religious story, such as one about deities and miracles. In this field of study, "mythology" doesn't mean that the story is untrue or less valid than others. | ||