Kate Morley on Nostr: A fascinating article about the existence and acceptance of third gender people ...
A fascinating article about the existence and acceptance of third gender people amongst the Ahwaris (Marsh Arabs): https://ajammc.com/2023/06/26/iraq-trans-history-masoud-amaratly/
[Writing about his time with the Ahwaris in the 1950s] Thesiger later mentions: “Afterwards I often noticed the same [person] washing dishes on the river bank with the women. Accepted by them, [she] seemed quite at home. These people were kinder to [her] than we would have been in our society.”
[Writing about his time with the Ahwaris in the 1950s] Thesiger later mentions: “Afterwards I often noticed the same [person] washing dishes on the river bank with the women. Accepted by them, [she] seemed quite at home. These people were kinder to [her] than we would have been in our society.”