[george wythe]

Since it's been a while since I took any anthropology class, I googled the term "berdache" and found this picture:

It comes from this article:

Over 130 different Native American tribes had a special category of men who wore women's clothing, spent their time doing "women's work" such as basket weaving and pottery, and held a sacred, spiritual role in the tribe. Berdaches had sex with other men, and marriages between a berdache and another man were common. Sometimes in a polygamous marriage, a berdache became a secondary "wife" to a male who was already married to one or more women.

American Heritage Dictionary defines berdache:

Among certain Native American peoples, a person, usually a male, who assumes the gender identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex.

[BadAndy]

"Among certain Native American peoples, a person, usually a male, who assumes the gender identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex"

This just proves that native americans were not immune to mental illneses.

It is also not clear that just because a male would assume the duties of a woman, or even "marry" a man, that that relationship included sex. Sometimes it was a sign of shame for cowardess or another infraction.

[Charlespg]

I dont trust the source of that article
If I remember correctly the majorty of tribes held such people in contempt as being neither warriors or women, of cource saying that today is not PC

[Servant of the 9]

Over 130 different Native American tribes had a special category of men who wore women's clothing, spent their time doing "women's work" such as basket weaving and pottery, and held a sacred, spiritual role in the tribe.

We have a special term for them too 'Drag Queen'

So9