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Many Native American communities recognize Two-Spirit individuals, a term for those who embody both masculine and feminine traits and often serve as leaders or healers.
Gender identity is a person's internal sense of being male, female, or another gender. This is separate from sexual orientation, which is who a person is attracted to; transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or asexual.
Traditional roles for third genders have been documented in various African societies and pre-colonial North American cultures, such as the Navajo nádleehi . Challenges and Resilience