Transgendered males seen as an asset to some ancestral societies

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

Transgendered androphilic males were accepted in traditional hunter-gatherer cultures because they were an extra set of hands to support their families. This is according to an ethnographic study. The study reports that this "kin selection" is still at play in pro-transgender societies today.

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