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“Rabbinic literature includes several other categories. In these texts, a person with both sets of external genitalia is called an ‘androgynos,’ a term borrowed from Greek. A person with neither is called a ‘tumtum,’ and a person who loses his male sexual organs is called a ‘saris.’” #Judaism #LGBTQ #History cc: npub1cy06su88dl9crjvthx56mdpgd0m9dauplnjf58rvcqynj6p8uygq9uggw4 (npub1cy0…ggw4) https://theconversation.com/nonbinary-genders-beyond-male-and-female-would-have-been-no-surprise-to-ancient-rabbis-who-acknowledged-tumtums-androgynos-and-aylonot-206827