The following videos are in order of appearance in the presentation. It’s important to also note that these countries aren’t the only ones that have other forms of gender. There is a wide variety of cultures that have an additional gender(s).
Gender-Variant Identities in Hinduism
There isn’t any written proof of support for trans and non-binary identities in the ancient Hindu scriptures, but there is evidence of gender-variant identities in Hindu mythology. One of the more well-known divine figures, Ardhanari, physically manifests as half-Shiva and half-Devi. This half-male and half-female form is the main idol of worship for the Hijra […]
The Impact of the LGBTQ+ Community Within Catholicism
For my project I focused my research on the progressiveness of Roman Catholicism towards the LGBTQ+ community during the modern day within the U.S My guiding question was: “What is the impact that LGBTQ brought to Roman Catholicism in the modern day and age?”. Roman Catholicism has been widely known to be very conservative, disproving […]