Transexuals through history

[sosed]

I watched a documentary on History channel about ancient plastic surgery, which talk about ancient Indian, ancient Egyptian and ancient Greeco-Roman surgery. They knew a lot of surgery procedures, which were reinvented in modern times and written in their medicine books and scriptures. They didn't have silicone implants or laser technics as we have today and we still don't know what kind of anestezy the used, but they were able to do some plastic surgery. They assume that famous Egyptian queen Nefertiti have face surgery to be the one of perfect face.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

Seeing as someone done gone mentioned Egypt, check this one out: http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/tr...eum-collection

[sosed]

Thank you for link. Interesting reading. Fact, that mummy have penis, but in scriptures is addressed to be female actually show, that Egyptians recognize transwoman to be a woman, although they were not able to change her completely to woman. It would be interesting to see or read one day, how far ancient medicine could help transpeople in their transition or if there are scriptures about their lives in society.

[stephanie4life]

Hoover was a crossed dresser, Ed Wood was a crossdresser, one of the last sitting Ceasers of Rome was a Tranny of course she came out after becoming a ceaser.her name slips my mind, but needless to say she didn't last long before she was assasinated.

[sosed]

Originally Posted by stephanie4life

Hoover was a crossed dresser, Ed Wood was a crossdresser, one of the last sitting Ceasers of Rome was a Tranny of course she came out after becoming a ceaser.her name slips my mind, but needless to say she didn't last long before she was assasinated.

You are correct, it was emperor Elegabalus (218-222), who prostitute himslef with a wig as woman and offer a vast sums of money to physician, who could make him female genitalia. He was killed by praetorian guard, be it for his sexual orientation, be it for other reasons, as many other emperors.

Interesting is his idea to have sex change operation. It seems that surgery in that time was very advanced and they did various plastic surgeries, of course for a lot of money, that that kind of idea become an offer. Maybe medicine in that ancient time know it is possible, just no one want to take that risk.

[sosed]

http://en-gb.facebook.com/topic.php?...43908&topic=74

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/05/...n-transsexual/

http://www.prntrkmt.org/geography/nile.html

Few interesting articles.

Egyptian Nile river God/Goddess Hapi is both fully male God and fully female Goddess.

Of course example or few examples are not representative, but it seems there are more mummies in female coffins and addressed with female names, but with male body/genitals. This is interesting, because Egyptians took afterlife very serious and they knew, that a person could reach afterlife in underworld only if Gods recognize him/her with his correct name. They bury transwoman in female coffin and with female name although born in male body, what could show they recognize her to be a woman and it seems Gods were also fine with that, after all Hapi was a deity in both genders.

It seems that in some ancient societies transgender people were recognized, respected and had the same rights as all other citizens. Today they are fighting for the rights and recognition, which they already have in past and it is not something they never have before.

[stephanie4life]

Well now there is some interesting reading.