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5,000-year-old 'Ivory Lady' upends what's known about sex and gender in prehistoric societies (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Thought the irony of transphobes saying when they discover trans people’s skeletons, they’ll only see us as our AGAB. Apparently figuring out a skeleton’s sex is not so cut and dry. Fascinating story regardless.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Transphobes stubbornly incorrect. More at 11.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Almost every historical culture has had at least 3 gender roles, third gender usually being 'effeminate male'