Transgender History In Germany
Accounts of transgender people (including non-binary and third gender people) have been uncertainly identified going back to ancient times in cultures worldwide. The modern terms and meanings of ''transgender'', ''gender'', ''gender identity'', and ''gender role'' only emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. As a result, Presentism (historical analysis), opinions vary on how to categorize historical accounts of gender-variant people and identities. The ''galli'' eunuch priests of classical antiquity have been interpreted by some scholars as transgender or third-gender. The trans-feminine ''kathoey'' and ''Hijra (South Asia), hijra'' gender roles have persisted for thousands of years in Thailand and the Indian subcontinent, respectively. In Arabia, ''khanith'' (like earlier ''mukhannathun'') have occupied a third gender role attested since the 7th century CE. Traditional roles for transgender women and transgender men have existed in many African societies, with some persisting to the m ...
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