The Contents of Trans Christianity
There is a lot of content in this "timeline" of gender diversity extending from the most ancient times depicted in the Bible through early Christian history and into the present day. It may feel overwhelming! So if you prefer to look through the titles of every section included in the timeline and pick whichever catches your eye, rather than reading through every page in order, that's what this page is for.
You can click on any linked section to be taken directly to it.
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...And bearded women (/afab persons) - Wilgefortis, Paula Barbada, Catherine of Siena
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AFAB Monks - Eugenia of Alexandria, Pelagius, Marius
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Genderfluid capes - The Carmina Burana
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The Androgynous Christ - early Syrian Christians, Anselm
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A Baby and a Pope - Abban and "Pope Joan"
100 - 1399:
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A sex-shifting abbot... - the Abbot of Drimnagh
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...and a sex-shifting abbess - Madre Juana de la Cruz
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The king of genderfluidity - Henry III of France
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Called to cross-dress - Joan of Arc
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Why this war against trans people? - the Church joins up with patriarchy, Abbeys of Misrule, the Rebecca Riots
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Colonialists attempt gender genocide - missionaries, Two Spirit
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Surviving through syncretism - missionaries, enslavement, Santería
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More queer nuns, but this time in Latin America - Rosa de Lima, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1400 - 1799:
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Creating their own sanctuaries - molly houses and Rev. Church
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The painter who loved women, animals, and Christ Androgyne - Rosa Bonheur
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An AFAB preacher - Rev. Joseph Lobdell
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Resisting genocide - Two Spirit tradition lives on
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Coming out with a message of love - Lee Frances Heller
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The first openly trans reverend - Rev. Erin Swenson