Essay:Gender and sexuality diversity is not Western influence, it is inherent to all humankind

This essay is a work in progress.

Addressing accusations of trans infiltration and western influence into indigenous communities The prevalence of same sex orientations and transgender identities ...in worldwide cultures ...in other species The question of tradition What is to be done? Cishetero Chauvinist Nationalism and its contradictions The struggle between respecting your culture and gender dysphoria and loneliness

https://daily.jstor.org/the-deviant-african-genders-that-colonialism-condemned/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SxXQDvO9YgQ&ab_channel=AJContrast https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/29/faafafine-yuki-kihara-celebrates-samoas-third-gender-galleries-think-they-can-tick-the-box-with-me https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-faafafine-and-faafatama https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandan-trans-campaigner-wants-her-community-recognised-next-census-2021-11-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandan-trans-campaigner-wants-her-community-recognised-next-census-2021-11-18/ https://www.dw.com/en/indonesias-first-transgender-public-official-breaks-conservative-mold/a-54540510 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2150773/chinas-transgender-people-step-forward-shadows https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36321816 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/08/indian-transgender-couple-tie-knot-in-landmark-rainbow-wedding

Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology, compiled by Gay American Indians, Will Roscoe Two Spirit People - American Indian Lesbian Women and Gay Men by Lester B. Brown, PDH, Editor

☭ LGBT, Indigeneity, and Socialism

There has always been more than two genders, worldwide. Only with imperialism, colonialism, and maybe early empires(?) was there any attack upon gender, because gender diverse bodies are inconvenient to imperialist ambitions. LGBTphobia increases when capitalism and imperialism enter. It's hard not to be Marxist if you are LGBT, look at the way gender and sexuality were colonized. It's the imperialism question again, and Marxist Leninism is the answer to that question. Dialectical materialism also proves there are more than 2 genders and people can change their gender.

I highly recommend Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg. And of course, none of this is a replacement for listening to native elders, it is an additional resource.