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‘Femminielli’ Given New Role at Traditional Feast in Naples

"I didn’t feel like I was in a house taken from others. I felt I was in the Lord’s house, and that it was our home too.” Read More

Traditional Italian Madonna Devotion Attracts Third Gender “Femminielli”

An in-depth profile on the Madonna of Montevergine is drawing greater attention to the Italian third-gender femminielli and the wider LGBTQ community who participate in an annual pilgrimage to this ancient Neapolitan shrine. Read More