I find the indigenous two-spirit akin to (but not exactly like) the 6-8 genders in the Jewish Talmud. Granted, at the time they were about intersex people rather than trans people, and they were on a two-gender axis (Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic only have two genders, unfortunately), but even in antiquity we Jews didn't just see two genders. I would describe myself as a "Saris Adam", or "someone who was identified male at birth but who later gains female characteristics through human intervention". At the time of the Talmud's writing, it meant a Eunuch, but due to advances in medicine, I interpret it to include Jewish trans women like myself. You can read this for more information: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-eight-genders-in-the-talmud/
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I find the indigenous two-spirit akin to (but not exactly like) the 6-8 genders in the Jewish Talmud. Granted, at the time they were about intersex people rather than trans people, and they were on a two-gender axis (Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic only have two genders, unfortunately), but even in antiquity we Jews didn't just see two genders. I would describe myself as a "Saris Adam", or "someone who was identified male at birth but who later gains female characteristics through human intervention". At the time of the Talmud's writing, it meant a Eunuch, but due to advances in medicine, I interpret it to include Jewish trans women like myself. You can read this for more information: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-eight-genders-in-the-talmud/