The History of Sex

We explode gender norms by exploring their incredible variety across time.

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episode 18: The Oldest Transgender Tradition in History? The Gala of Ancient Sumer


Boys don't cry, right? But the gala of Ancient Sumer did. In fact, they used a special dialect reserved for women to present as females when they sang lamentations in the temple. Could this be the oldest transgender tradition in history?

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 December 30, 2019  24m