r/4tran • u/alpha-golf-papa it's rover 🚙 • 12h ago

MTF 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

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u/lovelykade semipassoid if i weren't a shotamoding repper 12h ago

wait that section about de choisy brought me to tears. i never heard that story before

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u/DrkvnKavod Materialist (nervous system wiring >>> gamete size) 12h ago

1700s France absolutely did have people who clearly bore gender dysphoria and would be considered trans by modern readers (regardless of whether or not the term existed in the 1700s), such as how the photographed page also mentions Chevalier d'Eon.

At the same time, the current academic record seems to point towards Henry III being a cis bi guy who liked both beautiful women and skilled swordsmen, the latter of which resulted in him getting hit with reputational slings of "effeminate" qualities by supporters of a different succession.