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[[File:Altersex tumtum.png|thumb|The tumtum flag (altersex).]]
[[File:Tumtum intersex.png|thumb|The tumtum flag (intersex) (alternate).]]
'''Tumtum''' ('''טֻומְטוּם''') is a gender from Jewish culture, where a person’s gender or sex is "hidden, indeterminate, obscured, or private". The closest modern western equivalent is
Androgynos is a culturally exclusive gender, specific to Jewish culture and should not be used by people not of that culture.
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# "[[Ay'lonit]]", someone who is identified as female at birth but shows male characteristics later in life. This can be considered a [[transgender]] man in today's terms.
# "[[Saris]]", someone who is identified as male at birth but shows female characteristics later in life. This can be considered a transgender woman in today's terms.
# "[[Androgynos]]", someone who has both male and female sexual characteristics. This would refer to certain intersex conditions
# "Tumtum" someone whose sexual characteristics are indeterminate or obscured. This would also refer to intersex conditions
Unfortunately, historically tumtum and androgynos are almost only brought up in discussions of how to deal with the child’s genitals (as in, whether or not to perform surgery), or when discussing “what if” situations for certain laws (for instance, if a law states different treatment for women and men, how would it apply to someone who is both or neither?)
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