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'''Sistergirl''' and '''Brotherboy''' are genders from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.<ref>[https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/lgbti-aboriginal-people-diversity-at-the-margins LGBTI Aboriginal People: Diversity at the Margins]</ref> The terms are not analogous to [[transfeminine]] and [[transmasculine]] as understood in the non-Indigenous LGBTA community, and were coined directly by Indigenous individuals. |
'''Sistergirl''' '''(Sistagirl)''' and '''Brotherboy''' '''(Brothaboy)''' are genders from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.<ref>[https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/lgbti-aboriginal-people-diversity-at-the-margins LGBTI Aboriginal People: Diversity at the Margins]</ref> The terms are '''not''' analogous to [[transfeminine]] and [[transmasculine]] as understood in the non-Indigenous LGBTA community, and were coined directly by Indigenous individuals. |
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Someone who describes themself as a sistergirl or brotherboy is understood to live their life through gendered experiences that aren't consistent with their [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender at birth]].<ref>[https://junkee.com/brotherboy-sistergirl-decolonise-gender/262222 What is a Brotherboy or Sistergirl?]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/06/08/being-brotherboys-coming-out-transgender Being Brotherboys (NITV)]</ref> This includes gender identity but also cultural identity, social role, and other gendered aspects of the Indigenous cultural worldview. Because of this, the terms do not explicitly refer to those who may otherwise be described as [[transgender]]. |
Someone who describes themself as a sistergirl or brotherboy is understood to live their life through gendered experiences that aren't consistent with their [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender at birth]].<ref>[https://junkee.com/brotherboy-sistergirl-decolonise-gender/262222 What is a Brotherboy or Sistergirl?]</ref><ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/06/08/being-brotherboys-coming-out-transgender Being Brotherboys (NITV)]</ref> This includes gender identity but also cultural identity, social role, and other gendered aspects of the Indigenous cultural worldview. Because of this, the terms do not explicitly refer to those who may otherwise be described as [[transgender]]. |
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Like many concepts of gender from Indigenous individuals, the Indigenous Australian concepts of gender, including sistergirls and brotherboys, is not best understood in terms of western gender-descriptive language, and should not be misunderstood as being a term for transgender individuals. Indigenous culture surrounding gender in so-called Australia was affected by white invasion which attempted to enforce gender role based on physicality rather than spirituality - based on body parts instead of internal gender experience. Indigenous culture around Australia varies and many sistergirls and brotherboys are subject to homophobia and transphobia in their communities, a significant deal of which is due to colonial enforcement of strict gender. |
Like many concepts of gender from Indigenous individuals, the Indigenous Australian concepts of gender, including sistergirls and brotherboys, is not best understood in terms of western gender-descriptive language, and should not be misunderstood as being a term for transgender individuals. Indigenous culture surrounding gender in so-called Australia was affected by white invasion which attempted to enforce gender role based on physicality rather than spirituality - based on body parts instead of internal gender experience. Indigenous culture around Australia varies and many sistergirls and brotherboys are subject to homophobia and transphobia in their communities, a significant deal of which is due to colonial enforcement of strict gender. |
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File:Sistergirl.jpg|The transfeminine Sistergirl/Sistagirl flag<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/167188811930/sistagirlsistergirl-pride-flag</ref> |
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File:Brotherboy.jpg|The transmasculine Brotherboy/Brothaboy flag<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/167188780615/brothaboybrotherboy-pride-flag</ref> |
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File:Demisistagirl.png|The transfeminine Demisistagirl flag<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/176817612350/demisistagirl-pride-flag</ref> |
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File:Demibrothaboy.png|The transmasculine Demibrothaboy flag<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/176817671220/demibrothaboy-pride-flag</ref> |
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File:Indisistagirl.png|The Indisistagirl / Indisistergirl flag, an [[Indigender|Indigender.]]<ref>https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/181040623506/indisistagirl-indisistergirl-indibrothaboy</ref> |
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File:Indibrothaboy.png|The Indibrothaboy / Indibrotherboy flag, an [[Indigender]]. |
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[[Category:Identity]] |
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[[Category:Exclusive Identities]] |
[[Category:Exclusive Identities]] |
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