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 ==Society==
-J'naii considered themselves a remarkably free and open society and by all measurements, an enlightened race. The rights and liberties the citizens enjoyed gave them a great deal of self-determination. In dealing with sickness, the government took its obligation to cure the sickness seriously.
+The J'naii consider themselves to uphold a remarkably free and open society and to be an enlightened race. The rights and liberties that J'naii citizens enjoy gives them a great deal of self-determination and opportunity. One area in which civil liberties lag behind other civilizations, such as those within the Federation, are in their treatment of gender diversity.
-===Subculture===
+===Gender & Subculture===
-Occasionally individuals were born who had urges for maleness or femaleness instead of androgyny. Being a remnant from the earlier evolutionary stages, this was considered a form of sickness. This resulted in a subculture forming inside J'naii society where the gender-oriented individuals lived in a lie. They pretended to have androgynous gender identity, and sought each other out in secret, to express themselves and love for each other through the gender roles. This minority lived always in fear of being discovered.
+Despite androgyny being the biological and psychological norm, some J'naii are still born experiencing male, female, or other gendered identities. This is considered by many J'naii to be a remnant from an earlier evolutionary stage and thus as a form of disability or illness. The government believes it has an obligation to 'cure' these individuals of their 'deviant' nature.
-Some J'naii were aware from a young age of an alignment towards a particular gender. These J'naii could face cruel taunts from their schoolmates when suspected of being a deviant. In general, being suspected and discovered led to being ridiculed and cast out of society. Deviants were called throwbacks, misfits, and criminals.
+Within J'naii society, there exists a quiet minority subculture of gendered individuals who seek each other out in secret to avoid persecution. Many in this group pretend to be genderless in their daily lives to fit in, but privately exhibit gendered behaviours and interactions with one another. Many in this group live in fear of discovery and subsequent ostracism or 'treatment.' Suspected and confirmed 'deviants' were also labelled 'throwbacks,' 'misfits,' and criminals.
-The government had a total lack of acceptance for such gender identities. Any individual suspected of having them could be taken into custody. A trial was held for the individual to confirm or dispute the charges. When a person was found to be a deviant, psychotectic therapy was used to change the gender identity to androgyny. A person would only be re-accepted into society if they accepted this procedure.
+If an individual is found to exhibit gendered tendencies they may be taken into custody. Occasionally, this results in a closed trial - as was the case for Soren in 2366. If the individual was determined to be a gendered deviant, they may be subjected to psychotectic therapy - which was widely believed to be an effective treatment to remove gender identity. J'naii who underwent successful therapy were often re-accepted into society.
+Controversial research published by J'naii scientists in 2392 suggested that psychotectic therapy was not effective at removing gender identity but rather, was more akin to a form of torture or mutilation and may only serve to diminish an individual's overall sense of self<ref>"A Face From the Past ''(in progress JP''", [[Kivik]], [[Amity Outpost]], SD 2398</ref>.
 ==Culture==