by Chris Black
The labeling of a Roman emperor as transgender by a woke British museum has ignited a fierce debate among historians. While the museum suggests a transgender identity, scholars argue that the Romans lacked the concept of “trans” and used accusations of behaving “as a woman” as a severe insult.
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BBC:
A museum is to relabel its display about a Roman emperor after concluding that he was in fact a trans woman.
North Hertfordshire Museum will now refer to emperor Elagabalus with the female pronouns of she and her.
It comes after classical texts claim the emperor once said “call me not Lord, for I am a Lady”.
A museum spokesperson said it was “only polite and respectful to be sensitive to identifying pronouns for people in the past”.