A museum is to relabel its display about a Roman emperor after concluding that he was in fact a trans woman. North Hertfordshire Museum will now refer to emperor Elagabalus with the female pronouns of ...

Elagabal was a solar deity in ancient Syria who was also worshipped by a Roman emperor and high priest who named himself ...

Third century C.E. Roman Emperor Elagabalus was transgender, says the North Hertfordshire Museum in the U.K., which will be referring to the ruler with she/her pronouns. The change is in keeping with ...

North Hertfordshire Museum in the UK announced that it will heed historical research and reclassify its displays depicting the Roman Emperor Elagabalus, identifying the ruler using the pronoun "she." ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, said that the decision was ...

University of East Anglia provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Based on this quote, North Hertfordshire Museum has reclassified Elagabalus as a transgender woman, and will now use the ...

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A Roman emperor has been branded transgender by a British museum, provoking uproar among historians. The North Hertfordshire Museum has decided to refer to the 3rd-century AD ruler Elagabalus as 'she' ...

Elagabalus will be referred to as she after claims in classical texts that the emperor asked to be called ‘lady’ Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues ...