A bevy

A Bevy
å ßev¥ - Among indigenous peoples of the Americas & European populations, a common form of same-sex sexuality centered around the figure of the Two-Spirit individual 'å bevy' . Typically this group was recognized early in life, given a choice by the parents to follow the path and, if the child accepted the role, raised in the appropriate manner, learning the customs of the gender it had chosen. This individual then becomes aware of its own same-sex orientation and chooses to associate with others of same kind likeness.
Homosexual and transgender individuals were also common among other pre-conquest civilizations in Latin America, such as the Aztecs, Mayans, Quechuas, Moches, Zapotecs, and the Tupinambá of Brazil.
The Spanish conquerors were horrified to discover sodomy openly practiced among native peoples, and attempted to crush it out by subjecting the berdaches (as the Spanish called them) under their rule to severe penalties, including public execution, burning and being torn to pieces by dogs.
A group of Two or More individuals were commonly shamans and were revered as having powers beyond those of ordinary shamans. Their sexual life was with the ordinary tribe members of the same sex.
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