MAP OF NON-BINARY TRADITIONAL GENDERS
Social convention says there are two types of people: male and female. And you know who’s who based on their genitalia. But in fact, various cultures have long recognized members who buck the biological binary.
- The ancients wrote of people who were neither men nor women; individuals have been swapping genders for centuries; and intellectuals have fiercely debated the connection between the body and the self.
- Today, there are many populations with alternative identities,
- hijras in South Asia,
- kathoeys in Thailand
- muxes in Mexico
