part One: Purpose: To gain a more intimate knowledge about a group of third gender individuals in another culture. 

1) Choose a Third Gender from the list below (Scroll down).

2) Create a 3-5 slide Google Slide presentation. If you are unfamiliar with Google Slides, watch this short video. 

This is a presentation – make it presentable! Use images and design to make this a presentation that people will want to look at – you will be sharing it with your peers. 

Required elements:

Name, location, and key information about the gender you have chosen.

Try to find an in interview with a person who identifies as the gender you have chosen.

Include images of the gender

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EXAMPLE:

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Gender-variant identities worldwide

1. Identities in Africa

1.1Sekhet

1.2Gender variance under the Mamluk Sultanate

1.3Mino

1.4Ashtime

1.5Sekrata

2. Identities in the Americas

2.1Ninauposkitzipxpe

2.2Winkte

2.3Nadleehi and Dilbaa

2.4Lhamana

2.5Muxe

2.6Quariwarmi

2.7Ininiikaazo and Ikwekaazo

2.8Machi

3. Identities in Asia

3.1Hijra

3.2Bissu

3.3Waria

3.4Köçek

3.5Xanith

3.6Metis

3.7Acault

3.8Chuckchi shaman

3.9Sumerian priesthood

3.10Bacha Posh

3.11Mukhannathun

3.12Asog

3.13Kathoey

3.14Mutarajjulat

4. Identities in Australia and Oceania

4.1Sistergirl and brotherboy

4.2Yimpininni

4.3Fa’afafine

4.4Whakawahine and Wakatane

4.5M?h?

4.6Akava’ine

5Identities in Europe

5.1Burrnesha

5.2Femminiello

6Identities from several world regions

6.1Gallae

6.2Enarees

6.3The six genders in classical Judaism

Part two: Purpose: Watch this film to see and understand various different form of gender around the world. 

: Watch the film and answer the questions below.

What is the difference between sex and gender?

What role does gender play in the social and religious organization of societies? Think about the example of the Hijra – how do their beliefs help explain their experience as neither men nor women?

Are the Sworn Virgins of Albania a true “Third Gender”? If so, what attributes make them so? If not, why not