koreth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoWhat is something people think is true "nowadays" that has actually been true for a long time?message-square12fedilinkarrow-up14
arrow-up14message-squareWhat is something people think is true "nowadays" that has actually been true for a long time?koreth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoTrans people have existed for as long as people have existed.
minus-square_thisdotlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoIntersex yes. I thought trans was a relatively new (20th century, maybe 1930s) thing. What is the earliest recorded transition?
minus-squareKINGlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoTo add to everyone else’s replies, there’s also the muxe gender in Zapotec culture (indigenous southern mexico), which is thought to have been around since before Spanish colonization
Trans people have existed for as long as people have existed.
Intersex yes. I thought trans was a relatively new (20th century, maybe 1930s) thing. What is the earliest recorded transition?
To add to everyone else’s replies, there’s also the muxe gender in Zapotec culture (indigenous southern mexico), which is thought to have been around since before Spanish colonization