Category: Bugis five-gender society

  • Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

    Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

    Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Notes from South Sulawesi: Gender diversity in Bugis society

    Notes from South Sulawesi: Gender diversity in Bugis society

    We soon learned that Buginese people (also referred to as Bugis), who are one of the three major ethnic groups in the province, have five genders that coexist in harmony. Aside from makkunrai (women) and oroané (men), the Buginese society identifies calalai (transgender females), calabai (transgender males) and bissu. Bissu is the fifth gender, which…