The Myth of Siproites
In one of the lesser-known figures of transgender mythology, we'll take a closer look at the story of Siproites. We'll explore what little we know about their mythology, and what we can learn from it as modern trans people.
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Exploring the Remains of an Enaree Priestess
Yay, it’s another video on the Enarees! Geez Sophie, obsessed much? Get over it, would ya? Look, there’s a lot to say about them! I could do one big video, but then I wouldn’t have material to Feed The Algorithm.…
The Enarees: Scythian Transgender Priestesses REMASTERED
So I’ve learned a thing or two about audio and video production in the last couple of years. I’m nowhere near an expert, I don’t know how to do those fancy SWOOSH transitions between cuts the kids seem to love,…
Hypsikrates, The Transgender Spouse Of Mithradates
Gather ‘round, friends. Let me tell you a tale. Mithradates VI Eupator, the mighty king of Pontus, who, faced with the ever-growing shadow of Rome, stood fast against their hegemony, who year after year, decade after decade, endured both spectacular…
Uncovering Ancient Transgender Stories In Lucian’s Dialogues Of The Courtesans
We’re doing something a little different today. We’ve looked at a lot of history so far on this channel, and for a transgender history channel, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ve also done some transgender mythology analysis, which we…
Eunuchs In The Roman World: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
So recently, I made a short out of my video on an introduction to the Gallae, where I talked about Rome’s complicated relationship with eunuchs. One particularly morbidly curious viewer in the comments asked this question: But what WAS the…
WOKE North Hertfordshire Museum TRANSES Roman Emperor Elagabalus???
It’s not every day we get a news story about a Roman emperor, but here we are. The North Hertfordshire Museum, in uh, North Hertfordshire, has decided to reclassify Elagabalus as a historical trans woman. This is really exciting, right? …
Gender Transgression In Early Christianity
The Holy Bible is far and away the most influential book in world history, thanks in large part to the many centuries Christians spent doing all that conquering and all those crusades and all those genocides. But it’s easy to…
The Scythian Enaree Priestesses: How Did They Become Enarees?
Remember the enarei? The transgender priestesses from the Scythian culture who may have used pregnant horse urine as an early form of HRT 2500 years ago? We talked about them in one of the earlier videos in this series –…
Who Were the Gallae? An Introduction to Kybele’s Priestesses
The Gallae were the priestesses of Kybele (Cybele), the mother goddess worshipped in ancient Rome. We’ll explore them in-depth today. Welcome to Rome, April 14th, 205 BCE. Living on the top floor of a five storey insula, a Roman apartment…