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LGBTQIA+ Terminology
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What does Sipineq mean?
"Inuit believed that people could change gender and that you could choose what you wanted to be. A little boy could well be raised as a girl and given a girl's name, and a little girl could well be raised as a boy and given a boy's name. It could often be that the parents wanted a boy or a girl, and that they therefore did not care about the child's physical appearance and genitalia. The unborn child decided for itself whether it would be a boy or a girl. The child could change its gender both before it was born, but also while the birth was in progress. If the child was irritated during the pregnancy, or if the birth itself was difficult for the child, the little person could want to change sex. A fetus or newborn child that changed its sex was called a sipineq." (to split)
- Silamiut
Myths
The first couple in the world
"Many Inuit told the same story to Knud Rasmussen about the first couple in the world. It is interesting that the same story was told in many different places in the Arctic, and that the story shows that people's practical skills and survival strategy mattered much more than their physical gender. All the stories are about the first couple in the world being two men. The two men lived alone at a time when the rest of the world had been destroyed and all other people and animals had died. The two men married each other and lived together as husband and wife. One man became pregnant. The other man began to sing a magic song that caused his penis to split - and that's how he got female genitalia. It can also be understood as the one man turned into a woman. The two men had children with each other, and thus people came into the world again."
- Silamiut