ALL IN ONE PLACE: The Cult of Aphrodite, Mythology of Aphrodite, Transgender Aphrodite
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Transgender Aphrodite
In some cult centres, and in some representations, Aphrodite was transgender. Transgender women led her worship. In the greco roban world, hermaphrodites was also seen as a patron deity of feminine presenting men and intersex people. So that is the story of transgender aphrodite. From her deepest roots as eshtar and inana, she has always been gender non conforming. And she just so happens to be transe. She is as she's always been, the goddess of love, of beauty, of lust and sex and sexual agency,. Our lady of the castratean foam, the walking embodiment of orgasm herself.
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