Sipiniq
In Inuit culture, sipiniq refers to a person who is believed to have changed their physical sex at birth, but whose gender is treated as being the same as their perceived original sex. For example, a newborn infant might be perceived as having male genitalia that split open at birth to become female genitalia. Sipiniit were regarded socially as being of the designated gender.
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In Inuit culture, sipiniq refers to a person who is believed to have changed their physical sex at birth, but whose gender is treated as being the same as their perceived original sex. For example, a newborn infant might be perceived as having male genitalia that split open at birth to become female genitalia.
That infant would be socially designated as being male despite possessing female genitalialia. Sipiniit were regarded socially as being of the designated gender.
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