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Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America by William Roscoe, Prof. Will Roscoe Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-312-22479-6 / 0312224796 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-22479-0 / 9780312224790 The term 'berdache' is a little-known, rarely discussed reference to Native American individuals who embodied both genders - what some might classify as 'the third sex.' Berdaches were known to combine male and female social roles with traits unique to their status as a third gender, defying and red |