Ethiopia Maale gendered person ashtime http://homosaurus.org/v2/ashtime https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000072 A gender category observed among the Maale people of Ethiopia. The exact meaning of the word is not known, with scholars having differing interpretations of the role's various associations. Ashtime Epprecht (2008) noted that the ashtime seemed to be feminine people assigned male at birth who engaged in sexual relations with men. Donham translated the term, likely inappropriately, as "transvestite" in 1999. One ashtime-identified person was interviewed by Donham and they noted that (translation by Donham): "The Divinity created me wobo, crooked. If I had been a man, I could have taken a wife and begotten children. If I had been a woman, I could have married and borne children. But I am wobo; I can do neither." African culturally-specific gender identity History, Power, Ideology: Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology LGBTQIA+ Immigrants & Internationals: Cultural Resources for Service Providers in Allegheny County