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Most native cultures are pretty accepting of gay people. The ones who aren’t generally have been influenced by Christianity. Many native cultures have the tradition of two spirits, medicine men who sometimes took on female, gay, or transvestite dress or characteristics in ceremonies. Some gays, including some urban native gays, misinterpret that to mean all native medicine people were gay, or all gay people among natives were medicine people. There were also some tribes that had a few female warriors who took other women as wives. Among Latinos, I’d say being gay has a heavy stigma because of the strong Catholic beliefs of many. There are plenty of hateful epithets in Spanish for gay people like ‘joto’ (which also means bastard), ‘marecon’, ‘fresca’ for lesbians, and probably the worst insult you can call another man in Spanish, ‘puto’ (faggot whore). Ironically, gays and transvesites are also often feared as tough people who beat and rob others in places like Peru. And being ‘temporarily’ gay by doing such things as using another man sexually in prison doesn’t have too much stigma. It’s even considered a sign of toughness in some circles. I’d say it bothers some people when gays compare their struggle to that of ethnic minoroties because few of us have the option of staying ‘closeted’ like gays do. But many also recognize that we and gays usually have the same people trying to bar the way for both of us.

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Name : ACC24039, Gender : M, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : W Lafayette, State : IN, Country : United States, 

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