For Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month, Dennis Zotigh, a cultural specialist at the Natnal Mm of the Amerin Indian, ved Native iends to tell how their tradnal culture saw s LGBTQ members. A Chirihua Apache iend replied, “Now, Dennis, this is a human qutn, not [jt] Native.” We agree. But we also appreciate hearg what Native Amerins have learned, renstcted, or been unable to renstct about this part of our shared history and experience.
Contents:
- UGANDA GAY ON MOVE
- ‘GAY TRIB’ ON GRDR: WHY ’S TIME TO STOP TEGORISG EACH OTHER
- IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY
- GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)
- A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG
UGANDA GAY ON MOVE
Gay men's specialist psychotherapist and life/bs ach, Ken Howard, LCSW, discs gay men and tattoos, and their rual and meang therapy. * gay tribal men *
Other Ain lears, pl several other people on the ntent have shared his view, and this has eliced homophobia, persecutn and anti-gay laws untri like Uganda, Tanzania, Moroc, Nigeria and Kenya.
While the former practice is often rid by many as “humane” and the latter is often referred to as “homosexual” behavur, the Sambia’s unrstandg and purpose behd the two procs differs om our nventnal unrstandg. For example, while many of might brand the young men and boys “homosexuals” the sense that they have a lastg sire for men whout the need or sire for a woman, once they have passed their re of passage to manhood, they marry women and bee fathers.
Our knowledge of homosexualy prehistoric Ain cultur is limed by the late-Middle Age European views of Ains, of homosexualy, and of urse, the European reason for beg sub-Saharan Ai the first place – the slave tra.
‘GAY TRIB’ ON GRDR: WHY ’S TIME TO STOP TEGORISG EACH OTHER
We n see om such referenc, that homosexualy was prent Ai om at least the earlit of European ntact, and whout much doubt, om long before. While European proprieti ma such graphic scriptn of Ain homosexuali unmon their scriptns of Ai, there are enough referenc to to know that was ed prent, and even ed as a jtifitn for nsirg Ain cultur primive enough to jtify slavery. Among the last Ain cultur to be subjugated by Europeans, the Hsa peopl of northern Nigeria and the surroundg untri offer tertg exampl of homosexualy among Islmaized peopl of Ai.
IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY
Two terms are mon, ‘yan dda, which is ually translated as “homosexual” or “transvte” and‘dan dda, which translat as a homosexual “wife.
Among other Ain trib, homosexual behavrs among premarriage adolcents is mon and is not even nsired to be sex, sce do not volve procreative potential.
GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)
In Zimbabwe, a natn racked by recent homophobic pogroms stuted by s vicly homophobic dictator, Robert Mugabe, there has historilly been ltle known about homosexual behavr among peopl prent prr to European ntact.
Some ethnographers have dishontly attempted to show that homosexual behavr is a recent novatn enuraged by Europeans to serve their pal terts, hog large numbers of male Ains together barracks to serve as labor the m.
A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG
The Bantu-speakg peopl of the plate untry were more circumspect, but have admted to ethnographers that homosexual ntact did occur, and was expected of pre-marriage adolcent mal.