Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

=== Pre-colonial religions of the Americas ===
[[File:Catlin_-_Dance_to_the_berdache.jpg|thumb|Drawing by [[George Catlin]] (1796–1872) while on the [[Great Plains]] among the [[Sac and Fox Nation]]. Depicting a group of male warriors dancing around a male-bodied person in a woman's dress, non-Native artist George Catlin titled the painting ''Dance to the Berdache''.]]
{{Main|Alaska Native religion|Mesoamerican religion|Native American religion|Inuit religion}}
Many Nations had respected ceremonial, religious, and social roles for gender nonconforming [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] and [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] communities, and these roles still exist.<ref name="Estrada">{{cite journal |last=Estrada |first=Gabriel S |date=2011 |title=Two Spirits, Nádleeh, and LGBTQ2 Navajo Gaze |url=http://nativeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Two-Spirits-Nadleeh-and-Navajo-LGBTQ2-Gaze.pdf |journal=American Indian Culture and Research Journal |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=167–190 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513044527/http://nativeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Two-Spirits-Nadleeh-and-Navajo-LGBTQ2-Gaze.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref><ref name="terms">{{cite web |title=Two Spirit Terms in Tribal Languages |url=http://nativeout.com/twospirit-rc/two-spirit-101/two-spirit-terms-in-tribal-languages/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102172337/http://nativeout.com/twospirit-rc/two-spirit-101/two-spirit-terms-in-tribal-languages/ |archive-date=January 2, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2021 |website=Native Out}}</ref><ref name="de Vries 2009">{{cite book |last1=de Vries |first1=Kylan Mattias |title=Encyclopedia of gender and society |date=2009 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=9781412909167 |editor1-last=O'Brien |editor1-first=Jodi |location=Los Angeles |page=64 |chapter=Berdache (Two-Spirit) |access-date=6 March 2015 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nyHS4WyUKEC}}</ref><ref name="Kehoe">{{cite web |last=Kehoe |first=Alice B. |author-link=Alice Beck Kehoe |date=2002 |title=Appropriate Terms |url=https://www.saa.org/publications/saabulletin/16-2/saa14.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041105120021/https://www.saa.org/publications/saabulletin/16-2/saa14.html |archive-date=2004-11-05 |access-date=2019-05-01 |work=SAA Bulletin |publisher=Society for American Archaeology 16(2), [[UC-Santa Barbara]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roscoe |first=Will |title=LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-nativeamerica.pdf |website=National Park Service}}</ref> Homosexual and gender-variant individuals were also common among other pre-[[Spanish colonization of the Americas|conquest]] civilizations in [[Latin America]], such as the [[Aztec]]s, [[Maya civilization|Mayans]], [[Quechuas]], [[Moche (culture)|Moches]], [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotecs]], and the [[Tupinambá people|Tupinambá]] of Brazil and were accepted in their various religions.<ref name="glbtqlatinamerica">{{citation |last=Pablo |first=Ben |title=Latin America: Colonial |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/latin_america_colonial.html |periodical=[[glbtq.com]] |year=2004 |access-date=2007-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211012339/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/latin_america_colonial.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-11}}</ref><ref name="glbtqmex">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2004 |title=Mexico |encyclopedia=glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture |publisher=[[glbtq.com|glbtq, Inc.]] |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/mexico.html |access-date=2007-08-01 |last=Murray |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen O. Murray |editor=Claude J. Summers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102132531/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/mexico.html |archive-date=2007-11-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

However, the indigenous peoples of the Americas include hundreds of cultures with varying views on sex, gender, and spirituality. Additionally, First Nations and indigenous views on gender and sexuality may not fall within modern Western categorizations of sex and gender.<ref>{{Cite news |title=For many Native Americans, embracing LGBT members is a return to the past |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-many-native-americans-embracing-lgbt-members-is-a-return-to-the-past/2019/03/29/24d1e6c6-4f2c-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html |access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-20 |title=Indigenous Sexualities: Resisting Conquest and Translation |url=https://www.e-ir.info/2019/08/20/indigenous-sexualities-resisting-conquest-and-translation/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=E-International Relations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Many People, Many Meanings |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/gender-and-sexuality-in-native-america.htm |website=National Park Service |language=en |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207154000/https://www.nps.gov/articles/gender-and-sexuality-in-native-america.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Enos |first=Tony |title=8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/8-misconceptions-things-know-two-spirit-people |access-date=2021-12-11 |newspaper=Ict News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anayah |first=Stephanie |title=LibGuides: Williams Institute Reading Room: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resources in Law and Public Policy: LGBT / Two Spirit Native Americans |url=https://libguides.law.ucla.edu/c.php?g=183364&p=5550803 |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=libguides.law.ucla.edu |language=en}}</ref>