Sentence:  Among the arguments put forth for Ishtar's hermaphroditic or <WSD>bisexual</WSD> character is the practice of transvestism in religious rites associated with her (e.g. Harris 2000: 170; Groneberg 1986: 39). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.