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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Transgender People
Ancient History Fangirl
Megillus Isn't in Disguise Like Achilles
Megillus is an intersex man who was assigned female at birth. He says he has all the passions desires of a man, despite being born as other women. Megillus isn't in disguise like achilles and didn't get genitals handed to him on a silver platter by the gods. This story is fictional and written by a satirist but depicts something that was no doubt a reality in the ancient world. Some men had been born as women or assigned female gender at birth.
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