Mojave

Noun

alyha

1. a male-bodied person who lives as a woman, being considered particularly industrious, spiritual and blessed and being exempted from fighting

See also

• hwame
• two-spirit

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (ISBN 0292777957, 2010)
• Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations (ISBN 1478609788, 1999)
• Chris Beam, Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers (ISBN 0156033771, 2008)