queerasfact: Pride 2022 05/30 - We’whaBorn c.1849 at Zuni (now in New Mexico), We’wha wa
queerasfact: Pride 2022 05/30 - We’whaBorn c.1849 at Zuni (now in New Mexico), We’wha was a lhamana - a Zuni gender including both masculine and feminine roles. Lhamana in general and We’wha in particular were recognised as highly skilled craftspeople.In 1885, We’wha travelled to Washington DC as a representative of the Zuni people, where they worked with anthropologists and the Smithsonian museum to demonstrate and share information about Zuni crafts and culture.learn more with queer as fact: a queer history podcast[Image description: We’wha, a Zuni lhamana with a dark bob, wearing a Zuni dress, blanket and necklace (1894); We’wha seated under a tree weaving on a loom suspended from a branch above] -- source link