Nineteenth-century explorers and missionaries described Native Americans who were neither male nor female, but somehow both. What did they call them?
A) transsexuals
B) berdaches
C) transvestites
D) queers
E) homosexuals

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Nineteenth-century explorers and missionaries referred to Native Americans who were neither male nor female, but somehow both as "berdaches". This term is considered outdated and offensive today.

Nineteenth-Century Explorers and Missionaries Described Native Americans Who Were Neither