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Gender and sexual minorities are all throughout history (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Explanation: Historians used to be extremely reluctant, due to lingering Victorian-era mores, to acknowledge GSMs in history. Nowadays the problem is much reduced, and historians are generally more open to acknowledging the GSM identity or possible identity of historical figures.

The Roman Emperor Elagabalus is now generally considered, if a third of the stories repeated about them by contemporary histories are true (and while Elagabalus was unpopular, the stories are remarkably specific accusations to level against someone), to have been trans or NB.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yay! Someone using GSM (Gender and Sexual Minorities) instead of LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, plus more) in the wild! A much better acronym :3

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago

I generally use LGBT, but GSM sometimes 'feels' more correct in an academic context. Both more encompassing and more precise.