non binary history timeline
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Updated: 27 Mar 2023
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Created bySharmika Dupree
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Mesopotamia 2000 B.C.Ancient Egypt 2000 B.C.They described 3 different genders Male, Female and Sekhetthey had the earliest records of humanity where
there are references to types of people
who are neither Male nor FemaleSouthern Asia 400 B.C.This is the earliest record of Hijra people These people consider themselves to be neither Male or Female.The Scythians are Eurasian Nomadic horse riders. They also honored gender-non-confirming people as priests & warriors. they also invented the earliest known hormone therapy using licorice roots.They historically recognized various kinds of genders that all fall under the umbrella of two spirits that encompasses the different kinds of genders that don't fit into the western gender binaryThere are records stating that classical Judaism recognized six gendersFirst century Year 100There was a word found called Wæpen-Wifestre which meant woman with a weapon but many people also believed it to be a woman with a penis. it may have been a word that described intersex, Queer or Non-Binary peopleThomas Hall was an English Servant who was raised as a girl and then presented as a man to join the military after coming back for their service they would alternate between Male and Female and therefore would identify as a genderfluid person and was given legal rights to both sexes"they"was used as a gender nutral peonounPeriods
7th century B.C.Pre-colonial Native AmericansAnglo-Saxon 11th CenturyEngland 16th Century18th Century England
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