Choosing to be the man of the houseAn ancient tradition of the sworn virgin living as a male still survives in Albania
Zumbrun, Joshua
Article
2007
The Washington Post
In Albania, biological women take an oath of virginity to have the freedom to live as men. They wear men's clothes and their hair is shorn. The tradition has persisted since the 15th century, in a reg...
Eating FireFamily Life, on the Queer Side
Riordon, Michael
Book
2001
An inside look at a rainbow of relationships, sexual and otherwise, that gay, lesbian, and transgendered people create to animate their lives: lovers, partners, parents/kids, quick tricks, torrid affa...