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 ...
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 ...
Teenage ruler has become genderqueer icon but historians including Mary Beard advise caution over ‘tall stories’ There are legendary dinner parties, and then there are the stories told about those ...
The Roses of Heliogabalus by Alma-Tadema (1888) depicts a feast thrown by Elagabalus. Musée Jacquemart-André Based on this quote, North Hertfordshire Museum has reclassified Elagabalus as a ...
Fourteen-year-old Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled for four years beginning AD218, was assassinated at aged 18 (Getty Images) When in Rome, do as the womans do. The decision to swap out Ela’s ...
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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' ...