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I miss the times when it was possible to find a flat, get a doctor's appointment, and get tickets for concerts.

On the 20th of May, 1810, a member of the French nobility died. And nobody, including the attending physician who examined the body, knew what to write on their death certificate.

The Chevalier d'Eon had always had a naturally androgenous appearance, a fact which they capitalized on frequently throughout their life. The child of a minor French nobleman, d'Eon enjoyed the benefits of an education, excelling in school, and earning a law degree. After school, they took work as a political writer for a time, and then became secretary to a series of Parisian administrators, working in areas of finance as well as in history and literature.

But in 1756, they joined a secret network of spies known only to King Louis XV, and working without the official knowledge or sanction of the French government. d'Eon's mission was to infiltrate the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, and there, conspire with members of a pro-French faction of the Russian government against the Habsburg monarchy of Austria. At the time, Russian border crossings were restricted only to women and children. So, according to d'Eon's memoirs, they were forced to pass convincingly as a woman or risk execution. Thus disguised as "the Lady Beaumont", they served as maid of honor to the Empress.

Years later, d'Eon returned to France, awarded an enormous sum of money for their service to the King, and became Captain of Dragoons - a military title involving mounted cavalry. Later, they served in the Seven Years' War against England. When the war ended, d'Eon drafted the peace treaty, and was awarded another handsome sum of money for their efforts, receiving the title "Chevalier" - a French title of nobility roughly translating to "Knight".

In 1763, a series of political machinations saw d'Eon embroiled in a scandal. Having lived in London now for years, d'Eon published a series of letters detailing some (though not all) of their secret dealings as a spy. This breach of diplomatic discretion was scandalous in the extreme, but secured them the sympathy of the English public. In these letters, d'Eon claimed that the new ambassador to England, a man named Guerchy, had tried to poison them at a dinner. Guerchy sued for libel, and d'Eon strangely offered no defense at the trial. They were thus declared an outlaw and went into hiding. Eventually, Louis XV granted d'Éon a pension (possibly a pay-off for d'Éon's silence) and a 12,000-livre annuity, but refused a request to pay off the rest of their debts. d'Eon continued to work as a spy for Louis XV, but lived in political exile in London.

And here is where our story truly begins to get strange.

It was around this time that rumors began circulating in London that d'Eon was actually a woman, despite the fact that they routinely wore their military dragoons uniform. A betting pool over their true gender was started on the London Stock Exchange. d'Eon was invited to participate but declined, stating that an examination would be dishonoring whatever the result. After a year without any further updates, the wager was abandoned and the monies returned.

Then, in 1774, King Louis XV died, and d'Eon, sensing an opportunity to return to their homeland, attempted to negotiate an end to their exile. The resulting twenty page treaty permitted d'Eon to return to France, but demanded that they turn over any documents and correspondence from their time as a spy under Louis XV. Additionally, a clause in the treaty demanded that they present themselves as female during the voyage.

So the Chevalier d'Eon, now stylizing themself as the Chevalière d'Eon (a feminized form of the title given to them by Louis XV at the end of the war), and wearing their dragoon uniform, began making plans to return to France. However, now claiming to have always been a woman, they demanded recognition by the French government as such. They claimed that their father had to raise them as a boy, because his father could only inherit from his in-laws if he had a son. King Louis XVI complied with this demand, but required in turn that d'Eon no longer wear the military uniform and instead dress as a woman. Included with the offer was a substantial sum of money for a complete women's wardrobe. Whether it was because d'Eon really was assigned female at birth, as they claimed, or whether it was merely the money and station offered by the new King, d'Eon agreed. So, d'Eon returned to France a woman, and as punishment, was summarily banished to Tonnerre.

For the rest of their life, d'Eon would maintain this presentation, even offering to join with the Americans in the War of Independence against England, though their banishment prevented it. During this time there are accounts of the Chevalière d'Eon fencing, fighting, and participating in duels with other French nobility, always presenting as the woman they claimed to always have been. After the French Revolution, the king's pension vanished, and d'Eon was forced to sell much of their possessions to survive - though they did not give up their female attire. In 1809 at the age of 80, d'Eon suffered a fall and became paralyzed and bedridden. They died in poverty in 1810 at the age of 81.

But their story doesn't quite end there.

The surgeon who examined d'Éon's body after their death attested in their post-mortem certificate that d'Eon had "male organs in every respect perfectly formed", while at the same time displaying feminine characteristics such as "unusual roundness in the formation of limbs", as well as "breasts remarkably full". Though buried in an unmarked pauper's grave, there exists to this day a memorial in London listing the Chevalier d'Eon as one of the important graves lost to time.

Even by modern standards, the Chevalier/Chevalière d'Eon's gender identity is a bit of an enigma. Some have suggested they may have been intersex. Some choose to interpret their story as transgender or gender fluidity. Some have even coined a term - "eonism" - to describe similar cases of gender nonconformity.

Tell our stories.
#PRIDE #TransHistory

Migrantische Securitys verlassen unter Protest Dienst in Flüchtlingsunterkunft, weil ihre weißen Kollegen das rassistische #Sylt-Lied über Stunden abspielen. Jetzt brauchen sie unsere Hilfe! Es gibt Bedrohungen & Anzeige gegen migrantische Secus. Spenden:
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/138145-sylt-song-skandal-in-fluechtlingsunterkunft-supporte-migrantische-securitys

Ein Stein mit der Aufschrift „Euthanasie ist die Lösung“ fliegt auf eine Wohneinrichtung der Lebenshilfe in Mönchengladbach und ganz Deutschland diskutiert über #Ableismus und #Rechtsextremismus. ⬇️

#AbleismusToetet #FckNazis #NazisRaus #inkluencer #disability

TIL there's an asshole pride parade for the asshole society which had its coming out 🙈 #schlagermove

A DJ played L'amour Toujours and people chanted the racist right-wing shit to it.

https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/hamburg-mitte/article242434806/Schlagermove-2024-Wurde-Nazi-Song-auf-Truck-gesungen.html

HTML and CSS have steadily been making improvements for years -- and these things are getting lost amidst all the JS madness. Things like the DIALOG tag, the POPOVER attribute, container queries, etc. I have a hobby app I'm working on, and it's amazing how much default HTML5 stuff just works now, and doesn't require any extension.

Heute ist WAS? Heute ist Welt-Otter-Tag!! 🦦🥳
Wir feiern unseren größten und wichtigsten Feiertag des Jahres und weihen zu dem Anlass auch noch unsere "Otter der Welt" Ausstellung am Teichgehege offiziell ein. Passt irgendwie. Das Wetter könnte zwar etwas besser sein, aber Fischotter sind nicht wasserscheu. Seid also wie der Otter und kommt uns noch spontan besuchen - heute ist der Eintritt reduziert!

Was passiert, wenn Rechtsextreme an die Macht kommen? Das neue #Buch „Machtübernahme“ von @arnesemsrott ist eine eindringliche Warnung vor den Folgen einer #AfD-Regierungsbeteiligung – und ein Aufruf zum demokratischen #Widerstand. Die Rezension von @martinruecker kannst du bis Donnerstag ohne Paywall lesen: https://www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellschaft/arne-semsrott-machtuebernahme-buch-rezension-rechtsextremismus-afd-demokratie

RTL möchte Eure Meinung zum #AfDverbotJetzt wissen.

Die bisherigen Zahlen lassen schon eine gewisse Tendenz vermuten. 💪😋

Link zur Umfrage:
https://midgard.opinary.com/compasses/rtl/sollte-die-afd-verboten-werden-_producti-COmk5s

Die CDU hat eine Online-Umfrage zur Rückname des Verbrenneraus gestartet. Gerne teilnehmen und mit "Nein" Stimmen

"Nein" zum Auto!!!!
https://aktion.cdu.de/ja-zum-auto

#LGBT #Queer #QueerHistory

In meinem Auftragsbuch ist mal wieder gähnende Leere! Auf die Dauer ist das nicht so schön.

Deshalb hier ein Werbeblock: Ob #Lektorat für eine Dissertation, #Korrekturlesen für Rollenspielmaterial oder #Texten für Onlinemarketing-Kampagnen, Websites und Blogs - all das habe ich schon gemacht und würde es wieder tun. Schreibt mir bei Bedarf einfach eine DM!

#getFediHired

This is the best thing I've seen on the internet today.

So ...let's face it. A LOT of folks in tech circles are somewhat amazed a fully #blind person can even find the power button on a computer, let alone operate it professionally. I am such a person, and I'd like to bust that myth.
It's also true that many #hacking tools, platforms, courses etc. could use some help in the #accessibility department. It's a neverending vicious circle.
Enter my new twitch channel, IC_null. On this channel, I will be streaming #programming and #hacking content including THM, HTB and who knows what else, from the perspective of a #screenReader user.
What I need, is an audience. If this is something you reckon you or anybody you know might be interested in, drop the channel a follow or share this post. Gimme that #infoSec Mastodon sense of comradery and help me out to make this idea an actual thing :) https://twitch.tv/ic_null #tryHackMe #streamer #selfPromo

The 11th annual international Gender Census 2024 is now open until at least 13th June 2024!

https://survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

#gender #survey #LGBT #LGBTQ

Moin Rüsselbande,

habe gerade beim Sächsischen Landtag eine Petition eingereicht mit dem Ziel, daß das Parlament die Landesregierung auffordern möge ein #Parteiverbot|sverfahren gegen die #FreieSucksen anzustoßen.

Nicht daß ich mir da große Hoffnungen mache, aber es soll ja keine*r sagen können wir hätten es nicht versucht, ne?

Alle Updates dazu dann bei @niewieder

Es wurde gerade in Münster verkündet: Die AfD verliert vor Gericht gegen den Verfassungsschutz und bleibt offiziell rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall. Keine Revision mehr möglich. Jetzt könnte die Heraufstufung auf gesichert rechtsextrem folgen oder sogar ein Verbotsverfahren.

A local LGBT charity wanted some disabled people to be in a professional photoshoot so they'll have good stock photos to use. Today I got to see the photos of me!

There are lots in different settings, using their space. But the studio photos are my favorite.

It really surprised the photographer that I was wearing a #mask, but I said that's an important part of #disability representation too.