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Museum classifies Roman emperor as trans – but modern labels oversimplify ancient gender identities (theconversation.com)
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We cannot retroactively apply such modern, western identities to the inhabitants of the past and we must be careful not to misgender or misidentify them – especially if our only evidence for how they might have identified comes from hostile writers.

In attempting to fact check the sexual slurs and propaganda from the biographical facts, there is a danger that we lose sight of the fact that ancient Romans did recognise a huge variety of sexual orientations and gender identities – just as we do today. To attempt to crudely ascribe modern labels to ancient figures such as Elagabalus is not only to strip them of their agency, but also to oversimplify what is a wonderfully, fabulously broad and nuanced subject

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where does the article say, "it's fine to label people of the past as heteronormative but not as queer"

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

It doesn’t. It just says not to do so for trans appearing people. I’m pointing out the unspoken hypocrisy. This entire article is a response to a museum labelling someone as trans,