Despite only numbering around six million in a country of 270 million, the Bugis people of South Sulawesi are highly influential. Their prowess as seafarers and traders established their influence across Indonesia and the Malay Archipelago (and struck fear into the hearts of European colonisers, who regarded them as ruthless pirates). And they recognise five genders. https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20210411-asias-isle-of-five-separate-genders #gender #Queer