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Intersex, transgender and gender expansive pride flags and the people whom they represent

China’s greatest poet Du Fu took inspiration from the romantic legend of a transgender lady

In ancient China, the King of Shu weds a transgender woman

Orientation pride flags and the people that they represent

Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Yongle Emperor in 1405

What does the LGBTQIA2S+ acronym stand for?

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How Jade Hare/Moon Rabbit, a Genderfluid Shapeshifter, Saved Beijing from an Epidemic

Community building at the intersection of Muslim and transgender/non-binary identities

Pansexual and bisexual emperors of the Han Dynasty, according to a 1st century BCE court historian

Persian and Urdu homoromantic poetry from 13th-19th century South Asia

Arabic, Kurdish, Persian and Turkish homoerotic poetry from 8th-19th century West Asia

Jewish and Muslim writers of homoerotic poetry from North Africa and Muslim Spain

Poetry about same-sex love from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and Al-Andalus (Part 1)

Queer romance movies with couples of color and optimistic endings

Children’s books by LGBTQ+ South Asian authors

2 stories of transgender mothers who protected children from cisgender predators

Devotion of gay lovers move a god to save a community during a pestilence

The Black and White Impermanences: a homoromantic bond that moved the King of the Underworld

From Al-Andalus and Qing China - 2 tales of lovesick men pining for male beloveds

LGBTQ+ people in East Africa

LGBTQ+ people in West Africa

LGBTQ+ people in Central Africa

LGBTQ+ people in Southern Africa

A 1647 FTM transgender miracle recorded in “Strange Tales of Liaozhai”?

Queer tales in the 17th century story collection “Strange Tales from Liaozhai”

Queer characters in the literary classics of the Qing Dynasty

Transgender and nonbinary heroes serving our larger society

Many traditional societies recognized non-binary children

Transgender children are considered natural by many traditional communities

Devoted son, loyal fiancé and loving father – Yuan Mei, 18th century pansexual polyamorous family man

An 18th century pansexual poet and his bisexual student – Yuan Mei and Liu Xiashang

Queer gossip about the 18th century pansexual poet and gastronome Yuan Mei

Men who love men in the orbit of queer 18th century writer Yuan Mei