#māhū pride

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[kingrosalani]

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This next song is for the queers, the māhūs, the gays, all of us

[halfmouse]

Culture-specific genders are amazing. (All genders are amazing, of course, but…yo, these are amazing). Be you!

to lgbtq+ indigenous youth:

just a reminder that you are under no obligation to label yourself according to the western-centric + white-centric labels of gender and sexuality.

lgbtq+ identities existed long before colonization touched our land. You do not have to exchange one type of conformity for another to fit in with other lgbtq+ folks.

If labels like nonbinary, genderfluid, etc feel good to you, go for it!

If two-spirit feels right, that’s awesome! If not, don’t sweat it.

If you have an identity specific to your indigenous heritage, you are under no obligation to translate your complex, nuanced identity into terms that non-natives understand.

You are under no explanation to explain your identity to non-natives.

(ok for non natives to reblog!)

[hecateisalesbian]

The Pride of June: Bi-gender

The Bigender Flag is the Flag used to describe someone whose gender is ‘double’ or having two genders. These people can identify as male and female. These people will have pronouns like He/She or She/Him, with some putting the preferred pronoun first!

Fun History Fact: Māhū were people in Hawaii described as someone inbetween or having both masculinity and femininity

Tumblr User: @your-bigender-big-brother

Media Character: Skip (Rock and Riot) and Papa Titan (The Owl House) are both Bi-gender

Why the colors? While the bi-gender flag’s colors were never explained, people have two theories as to what they mean. This was taken from an article about Bi-gender people:

“Though [the colors were never explained], it is assumed that pink represents femininity/womanhood, and blue represents masculinity/manhood. The varying shades that meet white in the middle are most likely representative of the nonbinary nature of the bi-gender identity. It has also been stated that the pink, purple, white, and blue Bi-gender Pride flag represents different gender identities, with the white stripe in the middle inspired by the Transgender Pride Flag. We have presented two universally accepted versions of the flag's color meanings below:

Version 1: The top purple is for all kinds of good relationships, Pink / blue stripes are for presentation and the feeling of your identities, The white is for your unique bi-gender experience, how it feels and what it's like. It's also for understanding each other in this community, The bottom purple is about self-respect, pride, and being true to yourself.

Version 2: Pink Stripes = Femininity, Purple Stripes = A combination of male and female genders, White Stripe = Non-binary genders, Blue Stripes = Masculinity”

Where can I find the calendar? The calendar is my pinned post on my blog @hecateisalesbian! This will be occurring all throughout June, and tags such as #The Pride of June and #PoJ Project can be used to find my post

[horizonboundtrainer]

I've never really gone into detail about it but Hoenn's LGBT culture is VERY different from our own. Pride as we know it isn't really a thing in Hoenn. Rather than flags, there's a whole system of symbolism to indicate your orientation to potential partners.

Gay marriage has been legal for millennia and transness was once believed to have been the caused by being blessed by certain gods ( most often a Kyogre-Lugia-Lunala composite deity ) with minor spiritual powers as a result. The trans community also tends to use a term similar to the Hawaiian māhū to describe themselves. Our own lexicon for LGBT identities is actually a very recent import.

The epitome of gay romance is basically a series of ritualized gestures and gift exchanges folowed by moving in together for a year before getting married and building an altar together. It's modernized but the broad strokes remain the same. It's sometimes confuses foreigners if they don't understand the meaning of certain flower gifts yet.

[thekotaroo]

Profiles of Pride: June 11th! 🏳️‍🌈Janet Mock🏳️‍🌈

Janet Mock (born March 10, 1983) is an American writer, television host, director, producer and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website.

Mock began her transition in her first year of high school, and funded her medical transition by earning money as a sex worker in her teens. At the age of fifteen, Mock was introduced to the world of sex work. Mocks says, "I went dressed up with my friends; we hung out with older girls, and when I say older girls I was 15 and some of them were 18 to 25, but they were light-years ahead of us in terms of their identities and their own transitions, of their confidence in their bodies, of proclaiming themselves to themselves and to one another. It was deeply a space of sisterhood and socializing for me." The sex worker experience, although it brings "deep sadness", was her means of survival as a trans person of color. She played volleyball in high school, a sport she had bonded over with her childhood friend Wendi, who helped Mock express her femininity. Mock explains that when she first met Wendi, she asked if Mock was a māhū. Mock describes māhū as "a label for those who live outside of the gender binary." She also added that her hula instructor at the time was a māhū, or trans woman. She chose her name Janet after Janet Jackson.

She was the first person in her family to go to college. She underwent gender confirming surgery in Thailand at the age of 18 in the middle of her first year in college. Mock earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2004 and a Master of Arts in Journalism from New York University in 2006.

In 2012, Mock started a Twitter hashtag to empower transgender women, called #GirlsLikeUs, which received attention from several queer-media sites. Also in 2012, she gave the Lavender Commencement keynote speech honoring LGBT students at the University of Southern California and delivered the commencement address for Pitzer College in 2015. She also served as co-chair, nominee and presenter at the 2012 GLAAD Media Awards.

In June 2013, Mock joined the board of directors of the Arcus Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on great ape conservation and LGBT rights.

In 2014, following the conviction of activist (and transgender woman of color) Monica Jones, Mock joined a campaign against a Phoenix law that allows police to arrest anyone suspected of "prostitution", which targets transgender women of color. Mock tweeted, "Speak against the profiling of #TWOC [trans woman of color], like Monica Jones. Tweet #StandWithMonica + follow @SWOPPhx [Sex Workers Outreach Project – Phoenix Chapter] now!"

[that-one-queer-poc]

happy two-spirit, māhū, tumtum, muze and fa’afafine day of pride

[bleuzombie]

Currently I’m a boy despite looking like a girl who also wants to look like a boy who looks just a little like a girl but still obviously a boy.

I will be taking no questions.

I’m currently girl who is a boy

[neechees]

Sorry to drop a rant here I’m just so angry I saw a terf post dismissing ALL cultural genders as way to Opress Women and Gay Men and that it’s Racist to assume indigenous people couldn’t ~see the difference between men and women~ and I’m just fucking Shaking I’m māhū and I know it’s stupid to get upset over those idiots ik just. Indigenous Rage.

Colonizer ass bitches. I'm so sorry you had to see that, my friend. These shitheads are just the same as the settler white women who were offended by Native people for existing. I hate these bitches truly, how dare they try to repackage and rewrite our cultures in fake "feminist" language to be racist & transphobic for their own agenda?! I fucking hate them. Terds are literally colonizers for this & this is an inherently racist ideology, you have every right to be mad. But, I hope you know that you are your ancestors pride, they're proud of you for being who you are despite everything colonization has done. I hope the rest of your day is kind and happy

[uoblgbtq]

Trans Awareness Week, day 4: we are highlighting the Kinnar and māhū gender labels, originating from India and Hawai'i respectively.

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Image 1: A white square with a black shadow, against a background which is in the colours of the trans flag: horizontal stripes in light blue, light pink, white, light pink, and light blue. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Kinnar and Māhū" In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo (two prisms in the colours of the inclusive pride flag, with black text over them reading "LGBTQ+ UoB ASSOCIATION"). In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo (black and white text reading "Your Students' Union University of Birmingham guild of students"). End image 1.

Image 2: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Kinnar In the Indian subcontinent, Kinnars are trans and intersex people, most of whom are assigned male at birth. The hijra community in India prefer to call themselves Kinnar or Kinner, referring to the mythological beings that excel at song and dance. Kinnars have a recorded history in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. Kinnars are officially recognized as a third gender in the Indian subcontinent, after decades of lobbying from hijra activists and NGOs. Kinnar is included in the umbrella term 'trans'. Not all transfeminine people living in the Indian subcontinent consider themselves to be hijras, and not all hijras consider themselves to be trans." In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 2.

Image 3: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Shabnam Mausi (she/her) is the first transgender, Kinnar Indian to be elected to public office from 1998 to 2003. Her political agenda included fighting corruption, unemployment, poverty, and hunger, as well as speaking out against discrimination against trans people and Kinnars and raising awareness about HIV/AIDS. In 2003, Kinnars in Madhya Pradesh established their own political party called "Jeeti Jitayi Politics", which literally means 'politics that has already been won'. Shabnam Mausi continues to participate actively in combatting AIDS/HIV with NGOs and gender activists in India." There are two photos of Shabnam, an Indian Kinnar with tied back black hair and a bindi. In one, she is wearing a pink sari and has one arm in the air. In the other, she is wearing a pink and green patterned shirt and is looking at the camera.In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 3.

Image 4: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities MāhūIn Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) and Maohi (Tahitian) cultures, Māhū are third gender persons with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture. In the pre-colonial history of Hawai'i, Māhū were notable priests, healers, and teachers, usually of hula dance and chant. In 2003, the transfeminine gender label mahuwahine was coined within Hawai'i's queer community: māhū (in the middle) + wahine (woman). The transmasculine equivalent term is māhū kāne (in the middle + man). Māhū is included in the umbrella term 'trans'. Not all trans people from the Kanaka Maoli and Maohi cultures consider themselves to be māhū, and not all māhū consider themselves to be trans." In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 4.

Image 5: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu (she/her), also known as Kumu Hina, is a Native Hawaiian māhū and transgender woman. She is a kumu hula (hula teacher), a filmmaker, and a community leader in the field of Kanaka Maoli language and cultural preservation. She was a founder of the Kulia Na Mamo transgender health project and the Chair of the Oʻahu Island Burial Council, which oversees the management of Native Hawaiian burial sites and ancestral remains. She has been both the subject and the producer of several award-winning documentaries narrated in both English and Hawaiian." There are two photos of Kumu Hina, a Native Hawaiian māhū with tied up dark hair. In one, she is looking at the camera and wearing a yellow and green patterned top. In the other, she is looking into the distance and wearing a white, yellow, and black dress and feathers in her hair. In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 5]

[pride-color-schemes]

Māhū

Māhū as well as the other terms in the “culture exclusive gender” tag are genders that are specific to certain cultures and should not be used by people not of that culture. If you’re not sure you’re able to use this, feel free to send an ask on my ask blog [Link], I have followers that could help you out!

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Māhū is a culture gender from Hawai'i, and it’s basically a sort of umbrella term for trans and nb. Trans women, trans men, bigender, and other nb/trans identities would be considered Māhū! They served spiritual roles, much like hijra and two-spirit, and were well respected by their communities.

Unfortunately, this is one of those genders that has been demonized by colonizers (see here for a concerning case, warning for police brutality), though there is certainly a push in recent times to return recognition and respect to all Māhū! This and this are interviews/documentary with Māhū.

[Image: Three horizontal bars, from top to bottom: green, red, and yellow. On top of these bars is a plant, shaped like a vertical rectangle with three leaves on its left side and four leaves on its right side. The plant is green with a gold-ish outline.]

Full size [Here]

Designed by: Anonymous

Color meanings: For the flag, the plant is meant to be what is known in Native Hawaiian as pamakani mahu (mahu, Māhū!). The colors from the background come from the Kanaka Maoli, which is a flag that was made to represent Native Hawaiians (Important note! Some people spread misinformation that the Kanaka Maoli was the original Hawaiian flag before being colonized, but back then we didn’t have flags. The Kanaka Maoli is a modern creation (see here for more history on the flag), but still an important creation due to its representation of our native culture and heritage).

Full pride gallery HERE! FAQ and “dictionary” of genders, orientations, and other related terms HERE. Send any questions to Ask-Pride-Color-Schemes!

[uoblgbtq]

On day 6 of Trans Awareness Week we are looking at the gender labels Fa'afafine and X-Gender, from Samoa and Japan respectively. We are also trying to move from sharing information about genders and communities which our committee members are not a part of, to sharing resources made by those individuals and communities. In doing so, we hope to avoid perpetrating colonial perspectives of non-Western, culturally-specific genders, and to amplify marginalised voices rather than talking over them. These resources are linked below.

Two-Spirit resources:

Tribal Two-Spirited Identity – a talk by Native Out, a nonprofit organisation: https://ihs.cosocloud.com/p8eethowecj/?proto=true Native Out’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nativeout Two Spirit: The Story of a Movement Unfolds – an article from Native People’s Magazine: https://www.kosmosjournal.org/.../two-spirit-the-story.../ Two Spirit: The Trials and Tribulations of Gender Identity in the 21st Century – an article from Indian Country Today: https://indiancountrytoday.com/.../two-spirit-the-trials....

Kinnar resources:

Kinnar Ka Ki – The Story Of Four Transwomen, Their Journeys And Vision – an photo essay, “not about, but by” four Kinnars: https://feminisminindia.com/.../kinnar-ka-ki-story-of.../ Transgender India has several threads on Kinnar identity: https://transgenderindia.com/talk/ India’s Third Gender Rises Again – an article by an Indian anthropologist on Kinnar identity and culture. This article uses language that is considered outdated and/or harmful by some Kinnars: https://www.sapiens.org/biology/hijra-india-third-gender/.

Māhū resources:

A glossary and selection of resources on Hawai’ian culture and gender: https://aplaceinthemiddle.org/resources Aha Kāne 2012- Māhū – A video of a māhū person talking about their identity and experiences: https://vimeo.com/45104464 LGBTQI Hawai‘i – a needs assessment of LGBTQ+ people in Hawai’I, written by non-Native Hawai’ian academics living in Hawai’i: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/34267.

Fa’afafine resources:

Samoa Faafafine Association Incorporated Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sfainc/ The Bent Spoon - a web series using food as a way to bring LGBTI communities together, presented by a Polynesian trans woman and featuring several fa’afafine guests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19B4wqvj5po... Writings by fa’afafine Dan Taulapapa McMullin on queer Samoan identities and culture: https://www.taulapapa.com/writings.html.

X-Gender resources:

An Introduction to X-Jendā: Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan – an paper by a Japanese academic looking at X-Gender in detail: http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm Pushing for 'X-gender' recognition – a news article by two Japanese writers from NHK World-Japan: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/576/ A selection of resources in Japanese and English: https://genderqueerid.com/.../selected-links-on-non... Nonbinary in Japan – a blog by a non-Japanese resident of Japan: https://www.abnrmljapan.com/home/nonbinary-in-japan.

[Image descriptions:

Image 1: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag: horizonal stripes in light blue, light pink, white, light pink, light blue. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities In light of a recent mistake on our part and on the advice of some of our members, we have decided that when sharing information about gender identities specific to any oppressed communities that our committee members are not a part of, we will focus on promoting resources that have been created by individuals and/or groups who identify with those gender identities. We should aim to amplify their voices rather than speak over them. In the description for this post are educational resources specific to Two-Spirit, Kinnar, Māhū, Fa'afafine, and X-Gender identities, largely created by members of those communities. We encourage our members to learn more about these identities from those who have direct experience with them." In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo (two prisms in the colours of the inclusive pride flag, with black text over them reading "LGBTQ+ UoB ASSOCIATION"). In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo (black and white text reading "Your Students' Union University of Birmingham guild of students"). End image 1.

Image 2: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Fa'afafine and X-Gender" In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 2.

Image 3: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Fa'afafine Faʻafafine is a third-gender or nonbinary role in Samoa, American Samoa and the Samoan diaspora. A recognized gender identity/gender role in traditional Samoan society, faʻafafine are assigned male at birth and embody both masculine and feminine gender traits in a way unique to Polynesia. The word faʻafafine includes the prefix faʻa–, meaning "in the manner of", and the word fafine, meaning "woman". The transmasculine equivalent term is faʻatane, faʻatama, or fafatama. Fa'afafine is included in the umbrella term 'trans'. Not all transfeminine people from Samoa consider themselves to be fa'afafine, and not all fa'afafine consider themselves to be trans." In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 3.

Image 4: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Jaiyah Saelua  (she/her) is a fa'afafine American Samoan international football player. She is a member of the American Samoa national football team, which is nominally a men's team. She is the first transgender international football player. Jaiyah is a FIFA ambassador for equality and LGBT athletes. She is featured in the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins. A feature film version of the documentary will feature Kaimana, an actor who is also a fa'afafine, as Saelua, and will be directed by Taika Waititi." There are two photos of Jaiyah, an American Samoan fa'afafine with long black hair. In one she is wearing a grey top and smiling. In the other she is wearing a football kit and playing with a football. In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 4.

Image 5: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities X-Gender X-Gender or X-Jendā is a Japanese gender label that is not female or male, similar to genderqueer or nonbinary. The term X-gender came into use during the 1990s, popularized by queer organizations in Kansai, Osaka and Kyoto. X-Gender is included in the umbrella term 'trans'. Not all trans people from Japan consider themselves to be X-Gender, and not all X-Gender people consider themselves to be trans." In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 5.

Image 6: A white square with a black shadow, against a background in the colours of the trans flag. Pink and black text in the centre of the white square reads: "Trans Awareness Week highlighting trans identities Yuhki Kamatani (they/them) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for their series Nabari no Ou. They are X-gender and asexual, and they note their gender as toX, without revealing their assigned gender at birth. Yuhki's manga frequently features characters in transitional life stages and issues regarding identity and marginalization. In Shimanami Tasogare (published in North America as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare), they depict queer characters coming to terms with their identity." There is one photo of Yuhki, a Japanese X-Gender person with short black hair. They are wearing a yellow t-shirt and are holding a microphone. There is also a self-portrait by Yuhki of themself as a grey cat in a pile of orange leaves. In the top left corner of the square is the LGBTQ+ Association logo. In the top right corner is the Guild of Students logo. End image 6]