Mastodawn

It is 222 A.D. You are the transgender Empress Elagabalus, "call me not a man for I am a woman". Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1776. You are "Public Universal Friend", a transmasculine nonbinary Quaker. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1906. You are Karl M. Baer, a trans man undergoing sex reassignment. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1930. You are Lili Elbe. Transitioning is new and experimental. (to be fair you did get a uterus transplant.)

It is 1966. You are in Compton's Cafeteria with a bunch of other trans people when the owners call the cops to throw you all out. You riot. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1969. You are Marsha "pay it no mind" Johnson. You are in a mob-run gay bar when the cops attack. You throw a brick. There is a bit of a scuffle. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 2026. You are a transgender adult or child listening to the NYT and British Guardian claim this is the first generation anyone has tried transitioning in. Transitioning is new and experimental.

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Miriam's on Medical Leave Feb 25

@CharlotteEowyn i did a relatively thorough media search and purported surprise at the existence of trans people crops up every eighteen months (i think?) back to the invention of newspapers. anyway, its a constant staple of the news and always has been.

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Evelyn Estelle Feb 25

@miriamrobern @CharlotteEowyn If you happen to already have this in a detailed article with citations, it would be nice to wave it around whenever the topic comes up.

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Miriam's on Medical Leave

@dragonfi @CharlotteEowyn sadly i just posted it to fedi. i didnt have the bandwidth to really do it up for proper publication.

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Evelyn Estelle Feb 25

@miriamrobern @CharlotteEowyn Can you share the link? (I could probably go trough your timeline, but you probably know better where to look.)

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Miriam's on Medical Leave Feb 25

@dragonfi @CharlotteEowyn i actually have no idea sorry :(