I know biology .. the science you continue to deny that one sex magically becomes another sex.
If trans men are actual men .. why aren't they treated like real men when it comes to selective service? Why does the government treat this differently? Hmmm .. common sense and science you fail to accept. Tell us boomer PhD
As I have posted before, being ignorant of something does not mean that it has not always existed or that people were not aware of it before, as you are trying to tell people based on your absurdly ignorant knowledge of anything you do not comprehend or like.
And like I said before, many of our ancestors were Trans, and many of our descendants will be born Trans.
Here is the history, as far back as it is known, which you are clearly going to deny and dismiss:
Transgender people (including
non-binary and
third gender people)
have existed in cultures worldwide since ancient times. The modern terms and meanings of "transgender", "
gender", "
gender identity", and "
gender role" only emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
[1][2][3] As a result, opinions vary on how to categorize historical accounts of gender-variant people and identities.
Sumerian and Akkadian texts from 4,500 years ago document priests known as
gala who may have been transgender.[
citation needed] In Ancient Greece, Phrygia, and Rome, there were
galli priests that some scholars believe to have been trans women. Roman emperor
Elagabalus (d. 222 AD) preferred to be called a lady (rather than a lord) and sought
sex reassignment surgery, and in the modern day has been seen as a trans figure.
Hijras on the Indian subcontinent and
kathoeys in Thailand have formed trans-feminine third gender social and spiritual communities since ancient times, with their presence documented for thousands of years in texts which also mention trans male figures. Today, at least half a million
hijras live in India and another half million in Bangladesh, legally recognized as a third gender, and many trans people are accepted in Thailand. In Arabia,
khanithtoday (like earlier
mukhannathun) fulfill a third gender role attested since the AD 600s. In Africa, many societies have traditional roles for trans women and trans men, some of which survive in the modern era. In the Americas prior to European colonization, as well as in some contemporary
North American Indigenous cultures, there are social and ceremonial roles for
third gender people, or those whose gender expression transforms, such as the
Navajo nádleehi or the
Zuni lhamana.
In the Middle Ages, accounts around Europe document transgender people. Kalonymus ben Kalonymus's lament for being born a man instead of a woman has been seen as an early account of
gender dysphoria.
Eleanor Rykener, a male-bodied Briton arrested in 1394 while living and doing sex work dressed as a woman, has been seen as a trans woman. In the Balkans since the 1400s, female-assigned people have transitioned to live as men called
sworn virgins. In Japan, accounts of trans people go back to the
Edo period. In Indonesia, there are millions of trans-/third-gender
waria, and the
bugis of
Sulawesi recognize five genders. In Oceania, trans-/third-gender roles like the
akava'ine,
fa'afafine and
fakaleitiexist among the Cook Island Maori, Samoans, and Tongans.
In colonial America, Thomas(ine) Hall in the 1600s adopted clothes and roles of both men and women, while in 1776 the genderless Public Universal Friend refused both birth name and gendered pronouns. During the 1800s, some people began new lives as men and served in the military, including
Albert Cashier and
James Barry, or otherwise transitioned, like
Joseph Lobdell; trans women like
Frances Thompson also transitioned. In 1895, trans autobiographer
Jennie June and others organized the
Cercle Hermaphroditos; in the 1900s, musician
Billy Tipton lived as a man, while
Lucy Hicks Anderson was supported by her parents and community in being a woman.
Karl M. Baer (in 1906) and
Alan L. Hart (1917) underwent early female-to-male reassignment surgeries, while in 1930 and 1931
Dora Richter and
Lili Elbe had early male-to-female surgeries including (for Elbe) an ovary and
uterus transplant. Baer, Richter and Elbe were aided by
Magnus Hirschfeld, whose pioneering work at the
Institut für Sexualwissenschaft for trans medicine and rights was destroyed by the Nazis in 1933. In 1952, American trans woman
Christine Jorgensen's transition brought wide awareness of sex reassignment surgery to North America, while
Coccinelle's 1958 transition did the same in Europe. The grassroots fight for trans rights became more visible with trans and gay people fighting back against police in the 1959
Cooper Donuts Riot, 1966
Compton's Cafeteria Riot, and multi-day
Stonewall Riots of 1969. In the 1970s,
Lou Sullivan pioneered visibility for
gay trans men and organized what became
FTM International. At the same time, some feminists opposed the inclusion of trans women, creating what was later known as
trans-exclusionary radical feminism. In the 1990s and 2000s, the
Transgender Day of Remembrance was started and trans marches became more common; trans people were elected to public offices; and legislative and court actions began recognizing trans people's rights in some countries (especially in the West, India, and southern Africa). At the same time, other countries (especially in the rest of Africa, Central Asia, and Arabia) abridge trans people's rights due to
transphobia.
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