Mojave

Noun

hwame

1. a female-bodied person who lives as a man

See also

• alyha
• two-spirit

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (ISBN 0292777957, 2010)
• Leila J. Rupp, Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women (ISBN 0814776442, 2009)
• Andrew P. Lyons, ‎Harriet Lyons, Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (ISBN 080320437X, 2004)
• Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations (1999, ISBN 1478609788), page 24: In addition to occupation, female gender variants might assume other characteristics of men. [...] Mohave hwame were tattooed like men instead of women.