There’s a spring, they say, somewhere in Turkey, afflicted with an ancient curse, though you’d never know by looking at it. In ancient times, travelers weary from their voyage would stop to bathe, drink, and relax, little aware of the…
Was Elagabalus transgender? Maybe. Elagabalus ruled Rome from 218 to 222 CE and was said to wear makeup, demand to be called a lady and seek surgery, but all three surviving sources are hostile or unreliable. Let’s take a closer…
Did you know there’s credible evidence that a transgender population of people lived around the Black Sea at least 2400 years ago, among a culture known as the Scythians? Greek writers called them the enarei (singular enaree), which means “effeminate,”…
There are a lot of anti-transgender talking points circulating the discourse, but one that’s always stuck out to me was the idea that being transgender is just a new trend, a silly thing that silly kids do. Boys pretend to…