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Timeline Of Transgender History
The following is a timeline of transgender history. Transgender history dates back to the first recorded instances of transgender individuals in ancient civilizations. However, the word ''transgender'' did not exist until 1965 when coined by psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University in his 1965 reference work ''Sexual Hygiene and Pathology''; the timeline includes events and personalities that may be viewed as transgender in the broadest sense, including third gender and other gender-variant behavior, including ancient or modern precursors from the historical record. Before the Common Era * 7,000 BCE 1700 BCEAmong the sexual depictions in Neolithic and Bronze Age drawings and figurines from the Mediterranean are, as one author describes it, a " third sex" human figure having female breasts and male genitals or without distinguishing sex characteristics. In Neolithic Italy, female images are found in a domestic context, while images that combine sexual characteristic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transgender History
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'' 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. '' Hijras'' on the Indian subcontinent and ''kathoeys'' in Thailand have formed trans-feminine third gender social and spiritual communities since ancient times, with their presence documented for thousands of y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
