There are a lot of things to criticize Amerikkka for but watch how you do it, because then you start to erase folks living under that colonialism within its own borders.
why the FUCK did my hair not magically turn into the nonbinary flag the instant i came out this is an outrage
This actually relates to the real world priesthood of Inanna/Ishtar which from contemporary descriptions and poems seemed to have a large amount of androgynous, homosexual and intersex members, and a large amount of it's practices defied gender roles.
It's #folkloreThursday
So let's talk about the Babylonian myth of Ashuhunamir, the first nonbinary person.
After the goddess Ishtar got herself trapped in the underworld, the gods created Ashunamir, a being who was neither man not woman, to seduce Erishkigal, the Queen of the underworld, and free Ishtar.
They succeeded in their quest, but for thier troubles Erishkigal cursed them and all those like them to always be viewed with suspicion in human society, but Ishtar, to counter this, blessed them and those like them with wisdom, prophecy, healing and that they would always be held sacred to Ishtar.
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"We wish to speak with your seventh son."
"I only have six sons."
"Impossible! Are you not, yourself, a seventh son?"
"I am."
"But you have only six offspring?"
"No, Merle, my daughter-"
"Dad," Merle said, "they speak truth. I... I haven't told you, but... I am your seventh son."
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a bug, not a feature.
Genderless* cyberfae & co. at your service
assigned adult by the inexorable passage of time
don't use he/him or she/her pronouns for any of us without express permission
note that if we ever make you uncomfortable in any way please tell us so we know to stop. we're not always good at figuring these things out on our own