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History Of Transgender People In Brazil
Transgender history in Brazil comprises the history of transgender (transsexual, third gender, and travesti (gender identity), travesti) people in Brazil and their struggles and organization from the pre-colonial period to the modern day. Before Brazil's colonization, indigenous peoples respected various transmasculine and transfeminine third genders; colonization included public executions of trans people and the systematic imposition of the Western gender binary. In the late 1800s, there were repeated arrests of black travestis and occasional sensationalized news reports of travestis. By the 1920s there were popular drag queens and in the 1950s travestis became popular stars in the theater and revue, revue shows. From the 1960s onward, LGBT periodicals publicly discussed the issues facing travestis and transsexuals. The military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985) carried out mass targeted arrests and Censorship under the military dictatorship in Brazil, media censorship of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Transgender
Transgender people (including non-binary and third gender individuals) 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. 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 (priests), gala'' who may have been transgender. 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. ''Hijra (South Asia), Hijras'' on the Indian subcontinent and ''kathoeys'' in Thailand have formed trans-feminine third gender social and spiritual communities since ancient times, with their pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
