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Painting of General von Steuben, father of the US Army, hero of the American Revolutionary War, and a gay man. Happy Pride month! (infosec.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oooooooo!!! Don't forget Polish military strategist and father of American calvary Casimir Pulaski who has, for all intents and purposes, been proven to be intersex. Queer people and folks who do not fit into the normative sex, sexual, or gender binaries have always existed and deserve to be celebrated!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interesting! I knew about Pulaski, but not that they were intersex!

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As the article states, it's a VERY recent discovery. I like to pull it up whenever folks try to tell me that "people being trans is a new fad" or that "tHeRe'S OnLy TwO gEnDaRs: pEnUs aNd vAgInA."

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

All historical accounts of people outside the modern Western gender binary MUST go 😔