Berdache is a term used by the Cheyenne and Lakota to designate biological females who identify as males.

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Berdache is a term historically used by European settlers to describe Indigenous North Americans who occupied traditional third-gender or other gender-variant roles in their cultures, not specifically biological females who identify as males, and it is not a term used by the Cheyenne and Lakota themselves.

Berdache Is a Term Used by the Cheyenne and Lakota