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Re: Indonesia, third gender, etc.

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 2:16
"Johnson, Anna" wrote:
> Can anyone familiar with Malaysia tell me if there is a three-gender system > in the rest of Indonesia and Malaysia as there is in North Sumatra where I > was, i.e. wanita / pria / waria 'female / male / [no English equivalent]'?
What is this third gender? How is it used and what does it mean? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42