title: Alternative gender categories in different cultures: lessons to be learnt. Commentary on Lang and Kuhnle: intersexuality and alternative gender categories in non-Western cultures (Horm Res 2008;69:240-250).
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany. hiort@paedia.ukl.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hiort
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000208:ethnology*; D012923:Social Class; D019366:Western World