Translations:Gender-variant identities worldwide/140/en

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    • 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. ↑ 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.
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