Anonymous #2 1w

Can you tell me more about this?

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Anonymous #3 1w

So there’s a lot of different examples. Honestly if you want a good starting point Wikipedia will provide you some lists and you can do research based on some info provided within. But basically the history of trans people can be complex because different cultures had different ideas of gender. Some had people who were thought to “cross genders” in a way similar to our modern ideas, while some cultures had third genders which would encompass a mix of what we would today call trans and gay ppl

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Anonymous #2 1w

For some of the earliest examples you can go back to Mesopotamia with the gala priests of inanna, who took feminine roles and had ritual sex. This tradition would later arrive in Rome with accounts of realized castration among the priesthood.

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Anonymous #2 1w

Another famous example are the transgender shamans of the Scythians, who were believed to be more powerful and were said to be transformed into women magically.

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Anonymous #2 1w

Many Native American cultures had third genders or trans people which are often grouped together in the modern day as “two-spirit.” A historical example of the top of my head would be Kaúxuma Núpika, who transitioned to male and took a wife.

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Anonymous #2 1w

There’s also several examples in Polynesia, partly declined due to missionary activity. But from what I’ve read Samoa has separate identities for transmasc and transfeminine people, and similar identities were culturally important in Tahiti and Hawaii

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Anonymous #2 1w

And surprisingly enough Europe has several examples. Naples had femmenielli, and the Balkans have their own fascinating history of women who could become sworn virgins and adopt the social role and freedoms of men.

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Anonymous #2 1w

Thank you I love a good infodump

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Anonymous #3 1w

I love infodumping about many different things so thanks for the opportunity

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