Francisco Pelsaert, during his visit to the Mughal court as a Dutch merchant in the seventeenth century, took notes on the prestige and power enjoyed by the third gender, or eunuchs, in the imperial household. “They can get whatever they desire- fine…
The journal Dialogue, published by Cornell United Religious Work, published significant excerpts from the study in its January 1964 issue. These excepts focused on sexual practice and morality; homosexuality largely ignored,
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries affirms and supports LGBTQIA+ Lutheran rostered leaders and those pursuing a call to rostered leadership, while engaging allied congregations and ministries to proclaim God’s love and seek justice for all.
Indigenous forms of gender expression have cross-pollinated with western forms to create new forms of gender expression in the Pacific Islands. Discrimination still prevails despite perception of acceptance.