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haxu'xan

haxu'xan

Arapaho

Noun

haxu'xan

  1. male-bodied person who identifies and lives as a woman (and may marry a man)

See also

References

  • Alfred Kroeber, The Arapaho (1902): "They are called haxu'xan, which is thought to mean "rotten bone." The following accounts concerning them were obtained. The haxu'xana become so as the result of a (supernatural) gift from animals or birds.
  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (ISBN 0292777957, 2010)