In Inuit culture, sipiniq (Inuktitut: ᓯᐱᓂᖅ; West Greenland Inuttut: sipineq, from sipi meaning "to split", plural sipiniit) refers to a person who is believed to have changed their physical sex as an infant, but whose gender is typically designated as being the same as their perceived original sex. In some ways, being sipiniq can be considered a third gender.
In Inuit culture, sipiniq (Inuktitut: ᓯᐱᓂᖅ; West Greenland Inuttut: sipineq, from sipi meaning "to split", plural sipiniit) refers to a person who is believed to have changed their physical sex as an infant, but whose gender is typically designated as being the same as their perceived original sex. In some ways, being sipiniq can be considered a third gender.
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