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[[File:Eunuch.svg|thumb|200px|Eunuch [[gender symbols|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]] | [[File:Eunuch.svg|thumb|200px|Eunuch [[gender symbols|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]] | ||
A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] | A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. | ||
Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender. | Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender. | ||
==Definitions and history== | ==Definitions and history== | ||
Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]] | Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:81–125.</ref> | ||
Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]]. | Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]]. | ||
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Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230430163043/https://www.neutrois.com/0/faq.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230430163043/https://www.neutrois.com/0/faq.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]] | *[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]] | ||
*[[Androgyne]] | *[[Androgyne]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library] | |||
*[https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Identities]] | [[Category:Identities]] | ||