I would make some edits, but the basic ideas are there. Different cultures have different ideas about what it means to be a man or a woman, and lots have their own version of non-binary and trans people.
The main thing I’d change about the text would be to shift the focus away for “colonization” and just to give some specific examples from around the world. IMO that would be more worthwhile.
It's not just October. A high percentage of the biggest Arctic outbreaks and very cold winters for the PNW were preceded by extremely wet Octobers or Novembers.
1942, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2016, 2021. All had a top 10 wettest October and/or November.
Tomorrow's high is forecasted to be 92 with wind gusts up to 30 mph which will create some fire conditions. Drought monitor took a turn for the worse with severe drought spreading across western Missouri.