berdache: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Books discussing the topic include Gilbert H. Herdt (ed.), Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History (1994); Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang (eds.), Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality (1997); Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations, 2nd ed. (2014); Will Roscoe, Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America (1998); Brian Joseph Gilley, Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country (2006); and Sandra Slater and Fay A. Yarbrough (eds.), Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400β1850 (2011).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Spokane Falls Community College - Faculty & College-Related Websites - The Berdache Tradition. | Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - TTime for the two-spirits: Shaping the inclusive policy environment for hispanics and transgenders through global health diplomacy. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - What is the Two-Spirit Community? | Oct 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Berdache as Historical Reference (PDF). | May 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - The 'two-spirit' people of indigenous North Americans. | Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Columbia/Yukon Open Authoring Platform - Gender: Reflections and Intersections - What Does ?Two-Spirit? Mean? | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository - Self Determination of Identity: Two-Spirit Natives and FederalSelf Determination of Identity: Two-Spirit Natives and Federal Indian Law (PDF). | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Universitas Indonesia - Scholars Hub - Two-Spirits and the Decolonization of Gender (PDF). | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bridgewater State University - Anthropologists and Two Spirit People: Building Bridges and Sharing Knowledge. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spokane Falls Community College - Faculty & College-Related Websites - The Berdache Tradition. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Two-Spirit. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Description of The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents revised. | Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Berdache. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Native Peoples Magazine - Two Spirit: The Story of a Movement Unfolds. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Berdache. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dancing to Eagle Spirit Society - The Way of the Two-Spirited People. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dancing to Eagle Spirit Society - The Way of the Two-Spirited People. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Who Are the Two-Spirits? - Q & A with Will Roscoe. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Who Are the Two-Spirits? - Q & A with Will Roscoe. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Native Peoples Magazine - Two Spirit: The Story of a Movement Unfolds. | Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Aug 04, 2016 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 04, 2016 |
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