Non-binary grave discovered in Finland from c 1000 AD.

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A link to a Guardian story about someone they suspect was Klinefelters who was buried with grave goods of male and female, demonstrating they were respected by the community. My own thoughts as I read it were that the individual may well have been a shaman.

See link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/1000-year-old-...

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According to The Economist across the Gulf of Bothnia a near-contemporary grave was found last century containing a man buried in womens' clothes and jewels, but otherwise with masculine grave goods.

nevermind

misread

I know who I am, I am me, and I like me ^^
Transgender, Gamer, Little, Princess, Therian and proud :D

...the study showed early


...the study showed early medieval societies “had very nuanced approaches to and understandings of gender identities”.

And here we are, 10 or 11 centuries later, and the troglodytes are back in charge.