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empty · 3183 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why L, G, B, and T together?

The variety of nonbinary gender identities have likely existed as long as humans have been around, and simply haven't been discussed or named in our culture.

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doommaggot · 3183 days ago · link ·

That's because white / Christian cultures have made a deliberate effort to try and erase the existence of trans people. For example how being Hijra was declared as being illegal during the British Raj in India.

This map shows many gender identities from around the world

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