Balkan Sworn Virgins
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Author: Semaphor
Date: 6/15/2026
Article Summary:
The article discusses the traditional gender variant or third gender social role in certain Balkan cultures, specifically in Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro, where people assigned female at birth take a vow of chastity and live as men.