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Records of trans masculine people in the 10th c. Taiping Guangji
Part 2 of "The use of the term ‘renyao’ through the ages"
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Lou Cheng of Dongyang, an elder transmasc 5th c. government official?
Part 1 of "The use of the term ‘renyao’ through the ages"
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China’s greatest poet Du Fu took inspiration from the romantic legend of a transgender lady
Part 2 of "The Stone Mirror Tomb – a monument to an ancient king’s love for his transgender wife"
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In ancient China, the King of Shu weds a transgender woman
Part 1 of "The Stone Mirror Tomb – a monument to an ancient king’s love for his transgender wife"
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How Jade Hare/Moon Rabbit, a Genderfluid Shapeshifter, Saved Beijing from an Epidemic
A centuries-old folktale of the deity who is still honored in Beijing in the 21st century
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Devotion of gay lovers move a god to save a community during a pestilence
Is this gay-affirming tale of Moon Hare/Jade Rabbit a 19th century folktale or a modern creation?
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The Black and White Impermanences: a homoromantic bond that moved the King of the Underworld
The love story of Fan Wujiu and Xie Bi’an
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A 1647 FTM transgender miracle recorded in “Strange Tales of Liaozhai”?
The “Changing into a Man” incident was said to have occurred in Suzhou
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Queer tales in the 17th century story collection “Strange Tales from Liaozhai”
Fox spirits, asexuals, bisexuals, male pregnancy and miraculous gender reassignment
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