mythology – Tragic Gender Story

In my world literature class, we cover the Epic of Gilgamesh and Babylonian myth. My teacher talks about a being named Asushunamir. He uses the words “creature” and “hermaphrodite” to describe them. According to my teacher, Asushunamir was created to rescue the goddess Ishtar from the underworld. He says that because they were both male and female, they were considered “more than human” and therefore could enter the underworld safely, whereas mortal men and women could not.

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About me

Hi, my name’s Tristan. I'm a trans writer. The title “Tragic Gender Story” comes from a sarcastic song I wrote once about the way transgender stories are portrayed in the media. I can’t force mainstream news media to start talking about transgender people in a sensible way, but I can share my own story and hope to get a nice butterfly effect going.

Many of my posts will be about gender identity, but lots will be about disability rights too. I may also talk about other social justice-type things and anything that strikes my fancy.

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