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[[File:Mahu.png|thumb|220x220px|The māhū flag.]]
[[File:Alt mahu flag.jpg|thumb|A Mahu Lesbian flag designed by [https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/174596276279 pesterchum]|219x219px]]
'''Māhū''' is a traditional [[Third Gender|third gender]] from Native Hawaiian culture.
In pre-contact Hawai'i, māhū were notable priests, healers, and teachers, usually of hula dance and chant. Māhū often performed the roles of goddesses in hula dances that took place in temples which were off-limits to women. Māhū were also valued as the keepers of cultural traditions, such as the passing down of genealogies.
Since the term māhū can have multiple spaces and experience, the terms '''Māhū Kāne''' ([[transgender]] [[Male|man]]) and '''Māhū Wahine''' (transgender [[Female|woman]]) were coined.
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Later, these terms were adjusted by the coiner, and split into four new words.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81h%C5%AB#In_contemporary_cultures</ref>
'''Ha'awahine''' is a term used for AMAB people that are emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, and culturally female. If they have begun dressing [[Feminine|femininely]] and/or physically transitioned (through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|HRT]] or surgery) the term '''Ho'owahine''' is used instead.
'''Ha'akane''' is a term used for [[AFAB]] people that are emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, and culturally male. If they have begun dressing [[Masculine|masculinely]] and/or physically transitioned (through HRT or surgery) the term '''Ho'okane''' is used instead.
The māhū flag was designed by an anonymous submitter to the Tumblr blog ask-pride-color-schemes on January 20, 2016.<ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/154706863129/image-three-horizontal-bars-from-top-to-bottom</ref> The colors come from the Kanaka Maoli, which is a flag made to represent Native Hawaiians. The plant is known in Hawaiian as pamakani mahu.
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Māhū translates to "in the middle".
==Resources==
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[[Category:Gender]]
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