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Painting of General von Steuben, father of the US Army, hero of the American Revolutionary War, and a gay man. Happy Pride month! (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Interesting! I knew about Pulaski, but not that they were intersex!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

As the article states, it's a VERY recent discovery. I like to pull it up whenever folks try to tell me that "people being trans is a new fad" or that "tHeRe'S OnLy TwO gEnDaRs: pEnUs aNd vAgInA."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

All historical accounts of people outside the modern Western gender binary MUST go 😔

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