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jmbar2

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2. Fascinating story

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 04:58 PM

Sep 2021

It took so much courage just for these folks to try to live in any normal way.

Asian cultures seem to be way ahead in accepting gender variability. To be in England and trying to manage as trans sounds really difficult. That they did so well for themselves says a lot for their strength of character.

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Think being trans is a 'trend'? Consider these 18th-century 'female husbands' [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 OP

Of course it's been happening through the ages! FirstLight Sep 2021 #1

Fascinating story jmbar2 Sep 2021 #2

I think it is a fascinating issue and the author's theory seems reasonable. hlthe2b Sep 2021 #3

It's your second paragraph Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #4

Fundy gay-bashers who talk about last centuries as eras of religious virtue Vogon_Glory Sep 2021 #5

Actually Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #7

During the civil war there were women who put on mens clothes and went to war. They were not demigoddess Sep 2021 #6